Hi Alexey, > I don't know why either -- but I have an idea -- it may be related to > a virtual HDD controller. > in VBox 3.1.x - it was IDE -- now VBox uses virtual SATA. > You can change this manually.
Your advice works for me. Thanks > GuestAdditions are part of VBox PUEL, but OSE packages don't have them. > Are you using VBox OSE from Ubuntu distro or VBox PUEL from virtualbox.org ? I installed VBox download on virtualbox.org > Download at: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_3.2.8.iso Thanks B.R. Stephen L ----- Original Message ---- From: Alexey Eromenko <[email protected]> To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 7:45:05 PM Subject: Re: [VBox-users] Win 7 can't start On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Stephen Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alexey, > > Thanks for your advice. > > But I can't start Win 7 always popu repair mode. After finishing running the > said mode the VM closes/exits. Starting it again repeats the same steps. I > can't understand why? Any advice? TIA > I don't know why either -- but I have an idea -- it may be related to a virtual HDD controller. in VBox 3.1.x - it was IDE -- now VBox uses virtual SATA. You can change this manually. VBox GUI->VM->Settings->Storage->Remove SATA and add IDE (PIIX4) controller, then re-add your HDD image. Just an idea.. may work or may not. > Just installed a new Win 7 VM on Win 7 installer, 64 bit. It worked nicely > without complaint. Finally Win 7 started. > > Where is the package GuestAddition? Do I have to download it separately on > Oracle website? Or it is not needed on this version of VBox? > GuestAdditions are part of VBox PUEL, but OSE packages don't have them. Are you using VBox OSE from Ubuntu distro or VBox PUEL from virtualbox.org ? Download at: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_3.2.8.iso -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
