id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
10684	VirtualBox takes hours to boot machine on Intel	jared.harder		"Recently installed Solaris 11 11/11 and VirtualBox 4.1.16.  First guest that I set up was going to be Win7 64-bit, but it took forever to even get to boot from the install media.  It's been nearly 24 hours and it's still on the ""Windows is loading files..."" progress bar (100%, waiting to launch the installer).  Below are my guest and host specs.  I'm running VB as root right now, but it had the same functionality as a user, except it threw an exception when using passthrough mode on the BluRay drive (and wouldn't boot from the DVD with it disabled).

VirtualBox version: 4.1.16 r78094
Solaris version: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11

VirtualBox VM specs:
OS: Win7 64-bit (ideally, if it installs)
Memory: 11264MB
CPU: 1, 100% execution cap
CPU acceleration: VT-x/AMD-v, nested paging disabled
Video: 24MB memory, 1 display, no 3D acceleration, no remote server
Storage: 25GB dynamic VMDK stored on zpool, BD drive with passthrough
Audio: disabled
Network: 1 port enabled, NAT
Serial, USB, Shared Folders all disabled/defaults

Host specs:
Motherboard: Intel DX79SI
CPU: Intel Core i7-3820
Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB
Boot drive: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-60G
Data drive: 5.54TB zpool with 6 hard drives using raidz2 (drives of various sizes including 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB)
RAID card: SIL-3114 raid controller. I had to flash this card with an IDE-only firmware to get Solaris to pick up my drives, then in the format utility I had to specify the numbers so I could use the drive. There are 2 drives connected to this, the other 6 SATA devices (5 hard drives, optical drive) are connected directly to the motherboard)
Optical drive: LG BluRay burner
VT-x is enabled in the BIOS

Not sure what logs you'll need to help me troubleshoot this.  Let me know and I'll provide them."	defect	closed	VMM	VirtualBox 4.1.16	obsolete	slow boot intel		other	Solaris