[Cialug] LinuxMint on VirtualBox

[Tim Wilson]

My ISO is mounted, and it is 32 bit, and I had Ubuntu 32 bit selected.

I think I got it, I selected Linux 2.6, and upped the memory to 1GB (it
defaulted to 512MB).  I also upped the video memory to 32MB and checked
Enable 3D Acceleration.  One of those things got it working.

On a side note, I thought it was interesting that VirtualBox already had a
selection for Windows 8.  So I installed the consumer preview in a VM.
Nothing like turning a PC into a tablet.  Way to go Microsoft!

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:15 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012, Tim Wilson wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to install Mint 12 on VirtualBox.  The host is Windows 7
> 64Bit.
> >> When I click "Install Linux Mint", I see it show up in the task bar, but
> >> nothing seems to happen.  After a while, mouse clicks seem to do
> nothing.
> >> I've tried booting LinuxMint in compatibility, and every step seems to
> >> crash (it's stuck on keyboard layout now).
> >>
> > Have you actually created and installed Mint in a VM?
>
> It sounds like the answer to that would be 'no', since that's what
> he's asking for help with.
>
> You might check to be sure that you've selected Ubuntu 64 bit, if your
> Mint ISO is 64 bit.  Also, if your'e just wanting to try out Mint, you
> could use one of these:
>
> http://virtualboximages.com/VirtualBox.Linux.Mint.vids
>
> --
> Todd
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