[Cialug] LinuxMint on VirtualBox

[David Champion]

I think CentOS 6.x and recent Fedora graphic installers require at least
768mb or RAM to run when I'm installing on VMware.

-dc

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>wrote:

> 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
> >
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