[PLUG] Virtual Box hard crashes desktop system

[Tomas Kuchta]

I would second the extension pack as possible, cause.

With virtualBox, the kernel module and host additions need to be upgraded
in sync. It is wise to also keep the guest additions in sync, especially if
you left it drift for a while.

I have vBox 5.2.6 working fine on openSuSE.

This is maybe unrelated to your current issue. Still, it is something to
consider.

When switching hosts - they might have different CPUs, with different
features exposed to guests. Unless you lock it down to the lowest common
denominator in your guest config, you might run into crashes or even have
you windows instance disabled.

When you use something as old as w2k in virtualBox or KVM or .... It would
make sense to be cautious while upgrading. The host additions and/or guest
drivers need to be compatible with your w2k. So it would make sense to
check the release notes for the dreaded incompatible message. At some point
in the future, even inside virtual machines, these old OS's will become
dead due to their drivers becoming broken.

Hope it helps, Tomas


On Feb 5, 2018 8:05 AM, "Ken Stephens" <kennethgstephens at gmail.com> wrote:

Sounds like you need to install the extension pack for your upgraded VB.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Tony Schlemmer <aschlemm at comcast.net> wrote:

> My base OS is Win7 and I run a guest operator system of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
> My Ubuntu would not boot. Win7 works fine.
>
> Tony
>
> > On Feb 4, 2018, at 18:42, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am not  sure I interpret you comments correctly, but Win2k is my
guest;
> > Ubuntu 16.04 is the host.  Ubuntu runs fine.  Are you suggesting that I
> > would need to install the Host to fix the Guest (or VB, whichever is
the
> > culprit)?
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Tony Schlemmer <aschlemm at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have window 7 laptop for work and when I tried to upgrade to Virtual
> Box
> >> 5.2.6 with a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS it ran for a day. When left work I
> shutdown
> >> the VirtualBox. When I tried restarting Ubuntu the next day I got
> nothing.
> >> The logs were empty. I had no choice but to create another 40GB
> partition
> >> with Ubuntu and down load every again.
> >>
> >> Now I have memory card that back everything up on so if it happens
> again I
> >> at least have my files. VirtualBox worked perfectly for 6 months. We
use
> >> GIT so I checked in my code changes in daily but I spent about 6 hours
> >> reinstalling everything.
> >>
> >> Tony
> >>
> >>> On Feb 4, 2018, at 17:40, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> As soon as I click on start, the computer freezes--no mouse, no
> keyboard
> >>> reaction.  The power button is all I could find to break the ice.
> >> Reliably
> >>> repeatable.  The VB logs are empty.
> >>>
> >>> My laptop  has the same OS (Ubuntu 16.04), same VBox, same win2k
guest;
> >>> works fine.  I have tried to compare the settings between the two
> >> systems,
> >>> and they are almost alike.  What I see different that seems unusual is
> >> that
> >>> the desktop system under Storage/IDE controller shows Win2kSP2
> Clone.vdi
> >>> and Empty for the Secondary Master, whereas the laptop shows
> >>> VboxGuestAdditons_5.0.18.iso  I was certain that I installed the guest
> >>> additions on the desktop.  VB had run fine up until this latest
> >> attempt.  I
> >>> will go looking for the guest additions.
> >>>
> >>> I would appreciate ideas on how to investigate this.
> >>>
> >>> -Denis
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