Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by rodh257 » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 5:31 AM UTC

Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox
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Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by captain-asshat » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 6:41 AM UTC

Hi Rod!

Networking didn't initially work for me but I got it going by using NAT with an Intel card; seems they included drivers for them.

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by est » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 6:46 AM UTC

Does anyone know how to enable IO APIC on VMWare?

My attempt to install Win8 DP only gets a "HAL INITIALIZATION FAILED" error in the setup screen.

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by richbradshaw » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 6:59 AM UTC

Has anyone been able to use it in Bootcamp on a Mac?

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by karolisd » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 7:13 AM UTC

richbradshaw wrote: post #4

Has anyone been able to use it in Bootcamp on a Mac?

I was able to install it on my MacBook. But the Bootcamp CD installer doesn't load. So I guess it "worked" but I have to hard click everything with my trackpad and I can't scroll with it.

It just feels like a tablet operating system over Windows 7. The new interface is kind of stupid without a touch screen.

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by blueplz » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 7:35 AM UTC

I'm trying the 32 bit developer preview on Virtual Box 4.0.12 with Host as a WinXpSP3 system. Even with the above settings I keep getting a "computer needs to restart" error. Anyone faced/solved this issue?

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by barista » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 8:35 AM UTC

Also it is important to do a full power shutdown, not just reboot if you are enabling virtualization in BIOS for the first time.

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by blueplz » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 9:40 AM UTC

blueplz wrote: post #6

I'm trying the 32 bit developer preview on Virtual Box 4.0.12 with Host as a WinXpSP3 system. Even with the above settings I keep getting a "computer needs to restart" error. Anyone faced/solved this issue?

Never mind. I hadn't turned on virtualization in my BIOS. Its working now.

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by darklajid » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 10:25 AM UTC

> After BOIS has been configured, you need to do a reboot, shut down, wait about 10 seconds and then start up again.

Ignoring the BIOS spelling thing: What is this 10 second wait here? Magic? What do I have to say and which type of animal should I offer to the machine?

More serious: Why?

Re: Settings required to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox

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Post by crististm » Wed, Sep 14, 2011, 10:46 AM UTC

darklajid wrote: post #9

> After BOIS has been configured, you need to do a reboot, shut down, wait about 10 seconds and then start up again. Ignoring the BIOS spelling thing: What is this 10 second wait here? Magic? What do I have to say and which type of animal should I offer to the machine? More serious: Why?

This is mostly a safer version of a quick power on/off/on. Some badly designed power sources will cough when they start with charged capacitors... Ten seconds is neither enough nor too much.