Linux stuck on "Freeing unused kernel memory..."

[LMS23]

Hello,

first, sorry for my bad english...

System Data:
Virtual Box 4.2.16 r86992 (incl. Extension Pack)
Windows 8 (6.2 Build 9200, latest Patches)
CPU: Intel 4770k @ 4Ghz
Mainboard: GA-Z87X-OC
RAM: 32GB PC3-19200 DDR3-2400

Problem: I cannot install Linux (whether Ubunutu, OpenSuSE, Debian, etc), it always hangs at the same point: "Freeing unused kernel memory..."

But Windows XP Professional and Windows 7 run without Problems in the Virtual Box.

I have tried some settings for the Linux VMWare:
RAM: 512 - 4096 MB
CPU: 1 - 4
With and Without IO-APIC
With and Without Hardware Clock in UTC
With and Without PAE/NX
With and Without VT-x/AMD-V
With and Without Nested Paging

Can someone help? Can i help with more logfiles?

Thanks LMS23

[LMS23]

Info: All Linux Systems are x64! I havn't tested x86.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please try to increase the amount of memory to 768MB and see if the guest makes progress. And while booting, make sure to make Linux boot verbose, i.e. remove the 'quiet' command line parameter from the kernel command line (enter grub by hitting ESC when the guest boots and edit the linux kernel command line).

[LMS23]

Hello,

the same error (tested 512 MB RAM to 4096 MB RAM). I cannot start any Installation oder Live CD.

Something in the combination of Host OS, CPU and Board?

[Frank Mehnert]

Again, I would like to see the output of the guest. Therefore you have to make the Linux guest boot process more verbose.

[LMS23]

boot to install open suse x64

[LMS23]

How can i copy the whole Output? i can't start Linux. The error is bevor i can install (the screenshot shows the boot to the Installation Setup for openSuse, so i can't connect with putty or else...)

[LMS23]

Same Error with 4.2.18r88780

[LMS23]

I have changed some BIOS options on the GA-Z87X-OC to the following (everything in brackets are the default settings of the Mainboard):

• xHCI Hand-off -> ENABLE (Enable)
• EHCI Hand-off -> ENABLE (Disable)
• xHCI Mode -> ENABE (Smart Auto)
• Serial Port -> DISABLE (Enable)

Now i can Install and Boot Ubunut x64 (12 and 13), and OpenSuSE x64.

So there are some Problems with USB 3.0 and the serial connector...

[Frank Mehnert]

Do your VMs have some USB filter which automatically capture USB device for your guest? Are you able to boot your guest if you disable USB for your guest at all?

[LMS23]

no, i do not have any USB filter. And the only connected devices are 1x USB Mouse Logitech G500 and 1x USB Keyboard Logitech G19.

[LMS23]

any news for this error?

[Frank Mehnert]

In your previous comment you say that you attached two USB devices to your host. But you don't pass these devices to the guest, right?

[LMS23]

what do you meen with pass these devices to the guests? I have to use mouse and keyboard in the virtual machine to install. Or what do you mean?

[Frank Mehnert]

With "passing to the guest" I mean that you pass these devices as USB devices to the guest, i.e. do USB passthrough (manually, you already said that you don't have any USB filters active). I assume that you don't do that but I want to be sure. VirtualBox emulates a virtual keyboard as well as a virtual mouse, therefore passing USB input devices to the guest is not necessary (although I saw users doing this, therefore I'm asking).

[LMS23]

i didn't do some settings

[aeichner]

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.