(mac 10.6.1 host) VirtualBox 3.0.10 fails to boot linux guest iso

[dreamcat4]

Hi,

The officially released version of ubuntu karmic server (i386 32-bit): ​http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu.iso/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.iso

Checksum: ​http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu.iso/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.metalink

Fails to boot into a brand new VM, platform: 10.6.1 Snow Leopard, with VirtualBox 3.0.10. No other configurations were tested.

The Appropriate "Linux" and "Ubuntu" dropdown were choice, and "Linux"/"other", and "other"/"other" were tried. Various setting, changing Memory size, PAE on/off, etc. All to no avail. Just a black screen and nothing happens after mounting the ISO, and boot.

The iso file is being mounted / read and the md5 checksums were found to be correct (no iso download error). VirtualBox shows the correct boot order for CD, HD, so it usually will work. Hopefully someone else can provide further data points with similar hardware / os to narrow down the issue.

[dreamcat4]

VBox.log

[dreamcat4]

Hardware Profile from System Profiler (TXT)

[dreamcat4]

A previous karmic ISO didn't work either... So it's beggining to look more like a 3.0.10 problem here. The same (older) karmic iso was previously used with no issue on 3.0.X earlier VirtualBox releases. These ISO boot perfectly in VMWare Fusion 3.0.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

The log is from 3.0.8.

[dreamcat4]

Hi, I apologise for the confusion so to clear that up; I had recently downloaded again the VirtualBox but had not actually check that the version was in fact the latest. After downloading again VirtualBox today from the official link and thankfully it worked! 3.0.10 and can report no such issue anymore. Please close / invalidate.