On 12/23/2013 9:11 AM, Greg Woods wrote: > On Mon, 2013-12-23 at 09:57 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> The OP is not a newbie. He has stated that he has run VBox "since forever" and that F20 works fine in virt-manager. >> >> The last significant post from the OP would indicate he has it running under virt-manager and is not concentrating on trying to find a method to convert VBox VM's to run under virt-manager. > > Just to clarify: I am not a newbie, I have been a Unix sysadmin for > almost 30 years, and been a Linux sysadmin for almost 15 years. I also > run Xen virtualization systems at work that implement critical services > such as DNS and authentication, so I am not new to the concept of > virtualization either. I use VirtualBox at home just to run a couple of > Windows VMs. All that said, it still often happens that someone else > will think of something that I have not, or have a piece of knowledge > that I lack, so even very experienced people may occasionally ask for > help on a mailing list. I am not afraid to do that and I have often > received very helpful advice. > > I started this thread because I was trying to install an F20 VM under > VirtualBox on an F19 system. I do know how to use VB to connect the DVD > ISO to the VM and install an OS. The problem is that when I do this with > the F20 ISO, syslinux boots and the first Anaconda selection screen > comes up. I select "Install Fedora", and I get nothing but a black > screen after that. I still have not solved this problem. > > As a workaround, I attempted to install F20 on a VM under KVM. The > install works, but the VM runs dog slow (so slow that it's useless). > > So as of now, I still do not have a usable F20 VM. But I have moved on > to other projects, since this wasn't something that was critically > important. And this thread has now degenerated into something that is no > longer related to the actual topic. > > --Greg > > I stand corrected. My bad. Sorry. I have never had this problem but I see several users post about it. As I recall it the suggestions were 'to install in text mode' or to 'set the resolution' in the boot. I do *not* know if these work, I never needed to try it. Good luck. -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
