[ale] Bluescreen on Windows Client thru VirtualBox

[Marc Ferguson]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:25 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, that is Windows.
>
> 2008/12/17 Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> It sounds like you moved from i386 to x86_64. Since VirtualBox has to
> >> supply Windows with the drivers it needs, there could be a driver you
> >> are using that doesn't work well in x86_64 form. But without specific
> >> error messages that is just a guess.
> >>
> >> 2008/12/17 Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi All,
> >> >
> >> > I've recently upgraded from Fedora 9 to Fedora 10 (x86_64) doing a
> fresh
> >> > install.  I reinstalled VirtualBox and now when I run my Windows
> client
> >> > I
> >> > get a blue screen.  I'm ok with that, but I'm confused as to how it
> >> > happened.  My Windows XP Pro.vdi file is in a separate partition and
> >> > that
> >> > data wasn't touched during the install of Fedora 10 (to my knowledge).
> >> >
> >> > The part that really burns me is I made a couple snapshots so I
> wouldn't
> >> > have to do a complete install from scratch, but it was still in my
> /home
> >> > directory.  So; now that things have gone wrong, I'll have to do those
> >> > snapshots again.  Thanks for any clarrification.
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > Marc F.
>
>
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Ok so, I'm in front of my computer now.  I'm running
VirtualBox-2.0.6_39765_fedora9-1.x86_64.  The error is:

*A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.
*
I stopped typing and took a screen shot of the window.  It's attached.

-- 
Marc F.
www.fergytech.com

"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide!"
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