installing a standalone VM from iso

trueriver

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Aug 6, 2018, 1:10:00 PM8/6/18

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Hi,

Am I being misled by my past experience with VirtualBox?

I wanted a standalone VM running LinuxMint. I created a VM as a standalone without a template, and booted it from the LinuxMint 18.3 iso.

The machine showed up briefly then disappeared, and I don't know how to find out any error messages.

I am also wondering whether I am completely off-track altogother.

Please advise

R~~

trueriver

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Aug 6, 2018, 1:19:23 PM8/6/18

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I should have mentioned, this is Qubes 4.0

trueriver

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Aug 6, 2018, 1:37:38 PM8/6/18

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After I realised I had to clear the kernel entry, I can now see the machine boot, but it hangs soon after it tries to display graphics. The graphic window is open, and I can see the console log under the Q menu in the system tray.

Now I "just" have to figure out where I went wrong....

R~~

m...@militant.dk

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Aug 6, 2018, 2:26:23 PM8/6/18

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when I have had similar problems installing Standalone VM's, it has been for not having enough memory in the VM to begin with. Maybe that can help

Sincerely
Max

trueriver

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Aug 19, 2018, 10:50:58 AM8/19/18

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> when I have had similar problems installing Standalone VM's, it has been for not having enough memory in the VM to begin with. Maybe that can help
>

You may well be right. But I only have 4G total, and it already has as much as possible.

Maybe I am being too ambitious trying to install a second full OS? One hint that it is memory is that I have successfully installed a CLI-only subset of Debian 9, and that gave me no trouble at all.

R~~

lit...@gmail.com

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Aug 22, 2018, 10:43:38 AM8/22/18

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https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/
did you follow the guidelines?

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