From: Ashley Dixon <ash@suugaku.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 16:03:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200531150354.3yj43bwdmwrb4m5e@ad-gentoo-main> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200531132606.rfdbqmghjxfic265@solfire>
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On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 03:26:06PM +0200, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> I tried to install ReactOS into my Virtual Box which went fine so far.
> Booting itsself was no problem either....but instead of getting a desktop I
> got a simple uniform black screen. No error messages so far...nothing....only
> the black void.
Did you manage to get to the stage of the graphical wizard, which displays after
rebooting for the first time ? This is the point at which you set the name and
Administrative Password.
> Does someone run ReactOS successfully with virtualbox and knows how to
> circumvent this BOD?
I've got it running perfectly on QEMU, although it does seem a bit sluggish.
With VirtualBox, are you able to virtualise other systems, or is this issue
specific to ReactOS ? Have you ever managed to run a previous version of ReactOS
in the past, or is this your first attempt at doing so ?
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-31 13:26 [gentoo-user] ReactOS with Virtual Box: B.O.D. Black Screen of (?)death(?) tuxic
2020-05-31 15:03 ` Ashley Dixon [this message]
2020-05-31 15:31 ` tuxic
2020-05-31 15:42 ` Ashley Dixon
2020-05-31 15:54 ` tuxic
2020-05-31 16:11 ` tuxic
2020-05-31 16:15 ` Ashley Dixon
2020-06-01 5:21 ` Walter Dnes
2020-06-01 6:17 ` tuxic
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