[vbox-dev] VirtualBox 4.1.x and Windows 8 status update

walt w41ter at gmail.com
Thu Sep 15 21:39:44 GMT 2011


On 09/15/2011 02:09 PM, Mario Lobo wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 September 2011 04:59:29 Alexey Eromenko wrote:
> 
> 
>> The bad news: GuestAdditions fail to install (unable to detect OS version).
> 
> 
> I got it to install without errors under compatibily mode but it doesn't work
> 
> :(
> 
> Everything else is fine here too :)

I just tried installing the 64-bit version of Win8beta on my 64-bit linux host,
and haven't quite succeeded yet.

The install actually finishes, but after rebooting into the new Win8 guest, I
can create a new user account/password, but then the "Preparing your desktop
settings" phase stops after about 30 seconds with a "problem encountered: memory
management error".

Have you or Alexey tried the 64-bit Win8 install?

I'm running vbox 4.1.2 on gentoo linux and I have Win7 working fine.






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