I'm attempting to get an Xubuntu VM running with VirtualBox 5.2.14 on Windows 7 (Lenovo E550). I downloaded an Xubuntu iso which I believe is 32bit (18.04-desktop-i386).
Here were my VM settings. Default if not mentioned.
- Type: Linux
- Version: Ubuntu (32-bit)
- Motherboard memory: 2048MB
- Controller(IDE) - Chose my Xubuntu iso as IDE Secondary Master
- Controller(SATA) - Made a 6GB vdi file and pointed to that
The problem
I can get into the Xubuntu boot menu fine with these settings, but upon selecting 'Try Xubuntu without installing', 'Install Xubuntu' or 'Check disk for defects', I get a permanent black screen with a blinking cursor (no input is possible though). 'Boot from first hard disk' fails immediately, probably because I'm trying to boot from a CD on the VM. The 'Test memory' menu works, but I don't know what it would avail me.
What I've Tried
Heeding an amalgam of internet advice, I tried both 'Try Xubuntu without installing' and 'Install Xubuntu' with the 'nomodeset' option selected beforehand. I also tried both with 'quiet splash' replaced with 'text' in the boot options. None of these permutations changed the behavior I was seeing.
I also tried with a second download of the Xubuntu 18.04 32-bit iso from a different source with no change in results.
I also tried a download Xubuntu 18.04 64-bit, but I couldn't find a 'Version' setting that didn't give me an error message when attempting to start ("This kernel requires and x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU"). I am not sure how to change my settings to get the 64-bit setup past this.
Is there anything else I can troubleshoot here? I'm new to setting up VMs so it's possible I missed something simple.