VirtualBox - Install Windows 8

[leimone]

When I'm trying to install Windows 8 on VMWare WOrkstation 8.0 it fails during the install and tells me to type in a Product Key
Windows cannot read the <ProductKey> setting from the unattend answer file.

 

[z3r010]

That's odd!!

Have a look at the tutorial for vmware here and see if it does anythng different to ahat you have - Install Windows 8 Dev Preview in VMware Workstation - AfterDawn

 

[leimone]

Alright, that fixed the Product Key problem.
Now when I'm installing it's trying to find Media Drivers, and I have to manually find them.
What is this?

Anyone?

 

[z3r010]

I've no idea, mine installed without a problem.

 

[mckiss]

Under Windows 7 professional 32 bit I've had to check "Enable IO APIC" under System Tab to let Win 8 64 boot... Anyone else?

Hello Mckiss, and welcome to Eight Forums.

I noticed that my 64-bit VM's had this checked by default, and that my 32-bit VM's do not have it checked. This is all on my 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate (host).

Hello Brink,

strange enough it's always disabled for me and always necessary to boot windows 8 (behave differently for 32 and 64 bit, but with the same result: unable to boot)...

 

[nikhil]

Ok, so I don't have hardware virtualisation so Virtualbox failed for me.

Tried vmware workstation 7, also failed

Tried vmware workstation 8 (which i didnt even know had been released) and it gave me leimones product key error.
Fixed that by not selecting a disk image when creating a new vm (but filling out everything else in normally, win7 ect), then selecting the disk image in the settings.

So now thats booting.
EDIT: HEEEEEEELLL YES IT WORKS. Installing vmware tools.
Wow, microsoft did a really good job. Who would have thunk?

Btw I am running 32 bit Windows 8 on a 64bit Windows vista host.

 

[Smoke]

Running mine on a MacBook Pro with VMware Fusion 4 with no problems at all. Going to take some getting used to.

 

[onlytanmoy]

neatly explained..very nice..thanks Shawn.

 

[kado897]

Now running mine on VMWare Player V4 which my player was upgraded to today. Follow the instructions for Workstation 8 and it works nicely. At last I have it in 16:9.

 

[Brink]

Tutorial has been updated to include how to Install Guest Additions from step 18 on for a Windows 8 Developer Preview VirtualBox VM.

 

[Dave76]

Nice addition, will help, have seen questions about this already.

 

[Brink]

Tutorial has been updated for changes in the newer VirtualBox 4.1.4r74291 version.

You now are able to select Windows 8 or Windows 8 (64-bit) as your OS type instead of "Windows 7", and you can now install the Guest Additions in either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8 withour having to use compatibility mode.

 

[Omar Mosa]

Same as yowanvista.

 

[Brink]

Hello Omar, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Could you post some more details on what you mean so that we may be able to help?

 

[Omar Mosa]

Hi! Thanks for your quick reply.

This is what I'm seeing every time I run Windows 8 32 bit on Virtualbox. I tried removing it and doing it again, but nothing works. I am considering trying to run the 64 version instead, when I get around to it. Any hints would be appreciated. I am running Virtualbox 4.1.4 on Windows 7 64 bit.

Thanks!
Omar

 

[Brink]

Omar,

Double check to make sure that you have hardware virtualization enabled in your BIOS settings.

Could you also upload and post the contents of the VBox.log file and VBox.png in your D:\VirtualBOX\Windows 8 Developer preview\Logs folder? It may be able to help us determine better what the issue may be.

 

[Omar Mosa]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.

Sorry about that, but I already have removed the 32-bit version and tried using the 64-bit version of Windows 8. I have gotten closer, the only thing left is that I need a 64-bit processor, but that's impossible because the host is Windows 7 64-bit version.

Also, I have no idea what are BIOS settings, could you explain?

Thanks!
Omar Mosa

 

[Brink]

Omar,

If you currently have Windows 7 64-bit installed on your computer (host - not the VM), then you should already have a 64-bit processor.

Here's a guide at the link below that may be able to help with the BIOS settings.

How to enter the BIOS or CMOS setup.

 

[Omar Mosa]

Hi

For some reason I can't get BIOS to show up. I think I will try dual-booting Win8 instead of using VirtualBox as some users on the Virtualbox forum said that dumping VMs works sometimes I'll update as soon as I get to doing this dual boot technique.

Thanks for trying to help! You are awesome.
Omar Mosa

 

[whs]

In preparation for the Beta I made a trial installation of vBox 4.1.8. on my laptop. Both the Win8 DE and the extensions. What I am unable to install are the Guest Additions. It always hangs up on the PnP driver and aborts.

Because of that I also cannot set my screen to more than 800x600. Any bigger resolution works but then the screen shows only partly and the whole bottom of the screen disappears.

Anybody have an idea what I can try with that.