How to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox. Display > Video move the video memory to 128MB (the max) and then enable both 3D and 2D acceleration. Under Storage go to your virtual hard drive (.vdi) under the SATA controller. Make sure to click host I/O cache. Also make sure to mount your Windows 8 Developer Preview.ISO file.
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Case: Win8 Release Preview hangs on boot. Software: 4.1.18 with Extension Pack 4.1.18. VM: selected OS type Windows 8 for the x86-ISO and/or Windows 8 (64bit) for the 64x-ISO First try.
Storage: Deleted SATA-Controller, added Hard Disk drive to IDE Controller - boot failed. Display: Activated “2D Video Acceleration”, deactivated “3D Acceleration” - boot failed. System Boot Order: Deactivated “Floppy” - boot failed. Audio: deactivated - boot successful! About the same problem here. Windows XP x86 as host, Windows 8 x86 as guest, 4.1.18 with Extension Pack 4.1.18. In 99% of the times the installation does not start or, if it starts, does not continue after the restart.
All I can see is that blue 'window'. IO APIC capability was enabled from the start, changing from Sata to Ide doesn't help.
But I have noticed that in those 1% it seems to work because I have modified something in the VM settings. I take a snapshot, I start the VM, the installation starts.
I reverse to snapshot, I start the VM again, the installation does not start anymore. I try again with the same change in the VM settings, does not work anymore. I try again modifying something else in VM settings, sometimes is working, sometimes is not. Apparently it's at random. Once I succeeded in installing 100% but I made the mistake of installing the guest additions.
But that's another (bug) story. I tested with 4.2.0RC4. Seems that the problem is fixed. I installed Windows 8 from 0 without problems and I took a snapshot after shutting down the first time. If I close Windows 8 from inside, all is fine. With guest additions seems also fine. Good job, thank you.
Just a small problem: if I reverse to snapshot while it's running, it doesn't start anymore next time (same symptoms: blue logo in a black screen). To fix it you have to close the VM without reverting to snapshot; next time it starts ok. Maybe it does that because Windows 8 is an 'online' OS and it loses 'connection' (sorry for my newbie language:D). Is there any way to modify the snapshot system so it would start fine every time.?. Case: Win8 Release Preview hangs on boot.
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Software: 4.2.0-80737 with Extension Pack 4.2.0-80737. Host: Win7 SP1 64x. Guest-VM: selected OS type Windows 8 for the x86-ISO and/or Windows 8 (64bit) for the 64x-ISO Even with the new 4.2.0 I can not start or install Win 8 (x86 or 64x).
It is like the user 'acatalin' described in his post: 'In 99% of the times the installation does not start or, if it starts, does not continue after the restart.' Here is my hardware config, maybe my CPU or something else is not compatible:. ASUS M2N32-SLI WiFi Deluxe nForce590 SLI, Rev 1.03G, BIOS 5002. AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 65nm EE 2x2.5GHz, Stepping: G1, Socket: AM2.
PAE/NX: yes. AMD-V: yes. SSE2: yes. checked with and. Nested Paging: not supported by my CPU, but no requirement for Win 8. 'On AMD processors, nested paging has been available starting with the Barcelona (K10) architecture - they call it now 'rapid virtualization indexing' (RVI). Intel added support for nested paging, which they call 'extended page tables' (EPT), with their Core i7 (Nehalem) processors.'
. OCZ DDR2-RAM 800 PC2-6400 2x2048MB CL4. XFX Radeon HD 4830 512 MB DDR3, GPU: RV770, 55nm, 512MB GDDR3-RAM, 256bit. Try and error in 4.2.4. Case: Win8 Release Preview (32bit) hangs on boot.
Software: 4.2.4 (no Extension Pack). Host: Win7 SP1 64x. VM: selected OS type 'Windows 8' for the x86-ISO Since the release of the 'Win8 Release Preview' the installation of Win8 did never start. Therefore I was suprised to see it start today with VB 4.2.4. Anyhow it did not continue after the restart.
What I did. no changes made in the 'Settings'. Only added the ISO file to the CD/DVD device.
boot failed (see log ). System Extended Features: deactivated “absolute pointing device” and USB Controller - boot failed (see log ). in addition to b. Network Adapter deactivated - installation started - did not continue after restart (see log ). Try and error in 4.3.2. Case: Win8.1 (32bit and 64bit) hangs on boot. Software: 4.3.2 (no Extension Pack); updated from 4.2.18.
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Host: Win7 SP1 64x. VM: selected OS type 'Windows 8.1 (32bit)' for the x86-ISO and/or Windows 8 (64bit) for the 64x-ISO The Win8 logo shows up. infinite loop of BSOD and restart: 'Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error information, and then we'll restart for you.' What I did.
no changes made in the 'Settings'. Only added the ISO file to the CD/DVD device.