How to install Windows 8 Developer Preview on VirtualBox in Ubuntu?
I have downloaded the Windows 8 developer preview ISO and I'm trying to get it running on VirtualBox 4.1 in Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit. Short story: it doesn't work.
I see a message "Loading files..." followed by a title screen that says "Windows Developer Preview." Then I get an error with some funny boxes and in between it some text that appears to say '... restart your computer...' followed by some error codes.
My machine is a dual-core Intel Centrino running at 1.6GHz with 2GB of RAM. I have assigned the VM 1GB of system RAM, 32MB of VRAM and enabled PAE/NX and 2D acceleration.
What am I doing wrong?
Additional information:
- My CPU does not support hardware virtualization.
- The download is not corrupt since it boots in the actual computer without issue.
- Select Windows 7 as option in VirtualBox
- Enable VT-x and Nesting Paging
- Enable PAE/NX
- Enable IO APIC
- Enable 3D Acceleration, you can enable 2D Acceleration also
Source and step by step guide here : http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-install-windows-8-virtualbox
This article will step you through installation on VirtualBox.
VirtualBox seems to have more success loading the Windows 8 image than either VMware's or Microsoft's offerings. Grab a VirtualBox if you haven't already (why not? It's free!) and create a new system, using "Other Windows" as the OS type.
I don't know what the minimum required specs are for Windows 8, but I gave the VM 4096MB of RAM and a 60GB hard drive, which should be plenty. Choose to create a new start-up hard disk using the VDI file format.
More detailed instructions on these steps can be found here:
http://www.hypervhd.com/hyper-v-install-and-upgrade-f24/install-windows-8-in-vbox-t1726.html