How to Install OS X Mavericks in Virtualbox With Niresh

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How to install OS X Mavericks in Virtualbox withNiresh

We've previously shown you how to install OS X Mountain Lion on a virtual machine by using iAtkos ML2, which is great

practice for installing Mac OS X on your actual computer. And now that Apple has released OS X Mavericks, it's only fitting

that we show you how to install Mavericks in a virtual machine as well. Unlike in previous versions of this guide, we'll be

using the newly-popular "Niresh" distro of Mavericks instead the old iAtkos distro (which is no longer publicly available for

free). While we've already shown you how to install Mavericks on your actual computer with Niresh, it also works great with

virtual machines.

In essence, this method will let you run Mac OS X from inside a program window in Windows. As always, we're going to

use Virtualbox for this. It's important to note that Windows virtualization programs do not "officially" support Mac OS X, so

you will not be able to enable full graphics support. This tutorial should only be taken as a proof of concept.

Computer RequirementsYou need a computer with Windows to run Mac OS X on Windows (of course). The "System Type" of your copy of Windows

needs to be 64-bit, because OS X Mavericks is a 64-bit operating system. If you have a 32-bit copy of Windows, you can

only install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Virtualbox. You will need at least 4 GB of RAM and a dual-core (two core) processor

or better. Personally, the computer I was using for this had a 4-core processor and 12 GB RAM, which is way more than

enough. You also need about 10 GB of unused hard drive space.

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Right click on "My Computer" on your desktop and click "Properties" to check the stats on your computer. If it doesn't

directly tell you how many cores your processor has, look up your processor model on Wikipedia or Google. You also want

to find out whether your processor is made by "Intel" or "AMD". While Niresh technically works with both types of

processors, if you have an AMD processor, you'll have to perform a few extra steps during the installation (and the final result

may not work as well, either).

General Requirements

Virtualbox : This virtualization suite is free, and though it doesn't offer official support for Mac OS X, it works well

enough.

Niresh Mavericks: Unfortunately, the standard "Unibeast" method for installing OS X Mavericks on PCs (which

uses an official copy of the Mavericks installer) doesn't work with Virtualbox. Instead, you'll have to pirated

"distros" of Mac OS X such as Niresh, which is now the most popular distro for Mavericks.

You will need to use a bittorrent client to download the disk image file, which is a little less than 6 GB in size. On

the Niresh website, you'll be given an option to either download the "ISO Version" or the "USB version" of "Niresh

- 10.9 - Mavericks". Download the ISO version-- the USB version (which is an Apple DMG file) doesn't appear to

work in Virtualbox.

Step 1: PrepDownload Virtualbox, install it, and open it up. Also, if you want to be able to view USB devices from your Mac OS X virtual

machine, download the Virtualbox Extension Pack and run it before going to Step 2.

Step 2: Create a new virtual machine.Virtualbox lets you run Mac OS X within Windows by creating a virtual machine, which is a program that simulates a normal

computer. To create a virtual machine, open up Virtualbox and click "New" on the upper left. Give your new virtual machine a

name, and choose "Mac OS X" for the OS Type.

If your version of Virtualbox asks you to choose between 64-bit and 32-bit, be sure to choose 64-bit. Choosing 32-bit will

result in a critical "Guru Meditation" error later on.

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I recommend assigning 4 GB of RAM to the virtual machine, but you can assign as little as 2 GB of RAM. Every time you

turn on Mac OS X, that RAM that you assign here will be used to run the virtual machine. The RAM will be given back to your

normal computer after you turn Virtualbox off.

You'll need to create a new hard disk for the virtual machine. Virtualbox will ask you what type of disk you want to create:

VDI, VDMK, or VHD. VDI is the original format for Virtualbox, while VDMK is the format used by VMWare. If you're

considering getting a copy of VMWare, you might want to choose VDMK. Otherwise, just choose VDI. I recommend creating

a dynamically expanding disk; the only other option, fixed-size storage, will eat up your hard drive.

Step 3: Give your new virtual machine an operating system.Your virtual machine will now be created. But don't stop now--you still need to change a few settings before your machine will

actually work. Your new virtual machine will show up on the left column of the Virtualbox start page. Select your Mac OS X

virtual machine (single-click) from the main page of Virtualbox, and open up the virtual machine settings. Once the settings

open up, go to "System" and uncheck the "Enable EFI" box. This is by far the most important single setting that you will

need to change.

EFI, which stands for Extended Firmware Interface, is a feature that helps operating systems start up. Unfortunately, Mac

OSX requires "special" EFI, so the EFI that Virtualbox uses doesn't work.

Once you're done with that, go to the settings for "Storage". In the storage tree box, you'll see a CD icon labeled "Empty".

Click on it and click "Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file". In the window that pops up, choose the .iso file for Niresh; this file

will probably be named "OSX-Mavericks.iso".



This way, when your virtual machine starts for the first time, it will boot into Niresh.

Step 4: Install OS X MavericksStart up your virtual machine. You will come up to the Niresh boot screen, with one option to select: OSX-Mavericks. Press

the "Enter" key on your keyboard.

NOTE 1: If your computer uses an AMD processor, you will have to type the boot flag "amd" or "amd64" (without quotation

marks)-- which flag you need depends on your specific processor, so test one flag at a time. Type the boot flag "amdfx" (also

without quotation marks) if your AMD processor has "FX" in its model name.

NOTE 2: Virtualbox may have problems booting Mac OS X if your computer uses an Intel Haswell processor (i.e. if your

computer was built/bought in 2013 or later). If this is this case, you will have to trick Virtualbox into thinking that your

processor is actually an older model. To do this, open the Command Prompt in Windows (make sure you are logged into an

Administrator account on Windows). You can do this by opening the Start Menu, and typing "command prompt" into the

Start Menu search bar. Then, type the following command into the Command Prompt.

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox"

This command will change the focus of the Command Prompt to the program folder for Virtualbox (if you installed Virtualbox

somewhere different, then change the command to wherever you installed it). Next, type in this command:

VBoxManage modifyvm --cpuidset 00000001 000306a9 00020800 80000201 178bfbff

This command activates "vboxmanage", a command-line program included with Virtualbox that allows you to edit the

properties of your virtual machine, including its built-in resolutions. Replace "Name of virtual machine" with the name of your

virtual machine (no quotation marks)-- you can find the name of your virtual machine in the left pane of the Virtualbox main

window. This command should do the trick. - Source

After you press the "enter" key, wait a few seconds, and the virtual machine will automatically start the Mac OS X installer.

(This startup process may take a few minutes.) Eventually, you will reach the welcome page of the installer.



Continue, and you will come up to a page that asks you for a "destination" for your Mac install. Oh no, the page is blank!

We'll have to fix that. To do this, start up Disk Utility (located under the Utilities menu).

Mac OSX can only be installed on a completely clean disk, so you need to use Disk Utility to wipe your Virtualbox hard disk.

Click on the Virtualbox hard disk in Disk Utility and erase it. Don't worry, there's nothing important on it.



On the installation summary page for Mac OSX, the Virtualbox hard disk should now be showing up. Click the "Customize"

button on the lower left-hand corner of the summary page. This is where using a distro becomes really useful: Niresh allows

you to install extra Hackintosh drivers and kexts, straight from the OS X Mavericks installer.

The default selection will enable Mac OS X to boot from the virtual machine without any assistance. The are only two things

you need to change:

Uncheck Install Network Drivers (Kexts). This option is checked by default. Normally, it will allow Niresh to

automatically detect your computer's ethernet controller and install the appropriate ethernet kext, so that your

internet will work immediately in Mac OS X. However, this feature doesn't really work in Virtualbox. All it does is

break the internet in your virtual machine.

Uncheck Graphics -> GraphicsEnabler=Yes. This option is also checked by default. Normally, it allows Mac

OS X to work better with your computer's graphics card. However, Virtualbox doesn't support Mac OS X graphics

anyways, so this option is essentially pointless for virtual machines. All it does is decrease the default screen

size of your virtual machine from 1280x1024 to 1024x768.



Once you have selected the appropriate options from the "Customize" screen, return to the installation summary page and

click "Install". When the installation finishes, Mac OS X will crash into a black screen with white text. This is normal; Mac

OS X has installed successfully. Now proceed to the next step.

Step 5: Boot it upRestart your virtual machine, and eject Niresh from your virtual DVD drive. To eject Niresh, right-click on the CD icon at the

bottom right of the Virtualbox window, and un-check the Niresh file (probably named "OSX-Mavericks.iso"). Your mouse

cursor will probably be trapped inside the virtual machine. Press the right "Ctrl" key on your keyboard to allow your mouse to

escape.

After ejecting Niresh, restart your virtual machine again. Now, at the bootup screen, you'll see an icon for the hard drive

where you installed Mavericks (also, the screen of your virtual machine might be bigger than before).



After a few seconds, Mavericks will boot, and you should eventually be led to the Mac OS X setup screen. Fill it out, then

mission accomplished!

This concludes the first part of the guide. You'll have to wait a few minutes for Niresh to finish installing its extra kexts and

drivers, but after that, audio and ethernet should both work automatically. However, you're not done yet! You still have to

enable increase the screen resolution of your virtual machine, which is probably still stuck at 1280x1024 (or even 1024x768).

NOTE: One common issue with Niresh is that it tends to lag out of the account creation process, and skip straight to the

Mac OS X login screen before you can make your own account. If this happens, simply log into Mac OS X with the following

credentials:

Username: root

Password: niresh

This will log you into the "root" account of Mac OS X. From here, open the System Preferences app, go to "Users &

Groups", and create your own account. (We don't recommend that you use the root account permanently, because it is

insecure.)

Step 6: Make the screen biggerThough this step is optional, I still recommend you do it anyways. Anyways, when you first use your virtual machine, you'll

probably notice one thing: your screen resolution is 1280x1024 (or 1024x768 if you forgot to turn off GraphicsEnabler=Yes).

Since Virtualbox doesn't "technically" support Mac OS X, there's no official way to change this. But here's how you can

change it anyways.

First, you need to access org.Chameleon.boot.plist, the settings file for your virtual machine's Mac OS X bootloader. You

can do this from Finder, the file browser built into Mac OS X. However, Finder hides your hard drives in Mavericks by default.



To unhide them, open Finder, and click on File -> Preferences in the menu bar at the top of Mac OS X. Under the "Sidebar"

settings, check "Hard disks", so that Finder will display your virtual machine's hard disks in the sidebar.

Once that's done, access your virtual machine's main hard drive through Finder, and go to the folder "Extra". Open the file

org.Chameleon.boot.plist. Between and in the file, insert the following line.

Graphics Mode

1920x1080x32

You can change "1920x1080x32" to whatever resolution best fits your monitor. For instance, if you want to use the 1600x900

resolution, type in "1600x900x32". Once you've saved it, turn off the virtual machine.

Next, turn off your virtual machine. Open the Command Prompt in Windows (make sure you are logged into an Administrator

account on Windows). You can do this by opening the Start Menu, and typing "command prompt" into the Start Menu

search bar. Then, type the following command into the Command Prompt.

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox"

This command will change the focus of the Command Prompt to the program folder for Virtualbox (if you installed Virtualbox

somewhere different, then change the command to wherever you installed it). Next, type in this command:

vboxmanage setextradata "Name of virtual machine" "CustomVideoMode1" "1920x1080x32"

This command activates "vboxmanage", a command-line program included with Virtualbox that allows you to edit the

properties of your virtual machine, including its built-in resolutions. Replace "Name of virtual machine" with the name of your

virtual machine-- you can find the name of your virtual machine in the left pane of the Virtualbox main window (in the

screenshot below, my virtual machine is named "Mountain Mac 2"). Replace "1920x1080x32" with whatever resolution you're

using.



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Press the enter key to submit the command. Once that's done, start your virtual machine again. Your virtual machine will

now boot Mavericks in full resolution. Congrats!

RecapI'll just repeat what I said in my other two Virtualbox guides. Installing Mac OS X on a virtual machine is excellent practice for

the real thing: installing Mac OS X on your actual computer. Don't get too comfortable, though. Compared to most

computers, Virtualbox virtual machines are very "vanilla", meaning that they're very compatible with Mac OS X in the first

place. You can't count on being that lucky with a real PC.

And even if you don't plan on doing this for real, with a Hackintosh, it's still a really cool thing to try out over the weekend.

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Mascondante 3 months ago

Doesn't work for me. I just get this. Any ideas?

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TJ 2 months ago Mascondante

Boot flags:

amd -s -v

OR

amd64 -s -v

OR (for Intel)

-s -v

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-s -v

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Jeff 2 months ago Mascondante

I too am having this exact issue. I am using version 4.3.12 on a Windows 8 machine with an

AMD processor.

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Chris Tompkins a month ago Jeff

If you have an AMD-FX series processor (Fx-6300, FX-8350 or something along those

lines) Use the commands:

"amdfx -v" while booting

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Pepe_El_Toro a month ago Chris Tompkins

I am trying to input "amdfx -v" but still stock at "System uptime in

nanoseconds...." :(

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Chris Tompkins a month ago Pepe_El_Toro

Try amdfx -x -v. This will boot in safe modre and will get rid of MOST kernel

panics :)

-x is safe mode

Also, what is the model of your CPU?

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Pepe_El_Toro a month ago Chris Tompkins

AMD FX 8350

8 GB RAM

Latest VirtualBox

I installed this on a Core i5 machine without any hacks nor problems... but when

trying to install on my MAIN AMD desktop it fails.... :-(

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David a month ago Pepe_El_Toro

I had to select "Mac OS X x64" without the further specification of Maverick. I got

driver problems or something otherwise

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Chris Tompkins a month ago Pepe_El_Toro

Did -x not work?

Itr seems that a lot of people with your CPU are getting this when installing.

Must just be that the kernel doesn't lke that cpou in VB.

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Naresh Conda 23 days ago Mascondante

Use unibeast or multibeast after getting in to solve this..

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Daniyal Gaziani a month ago Mascondante

I'm having a same problem

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Edd a month ago Mascondante

I have the same problem.

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Niresh12495 2 months ago Mascondante

cpus=1

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Gageto 2 months ago Niresh12495

you mean amdfx -s -v cpus=1 ?

I have a AMD FX-8350 if it helps.

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YaroMan a month ago Gageto

I have the same CPU, tried all this, no luck. Anyone have any ideas?

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Rasiel Suarez 15 days ago YaroMan

bump. really wish I could get past this. also with amdfx and 7950 card. maybe

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bump. really wish I could get past this. also with amdfx and 7950 card. maybe

use with a lion iso?

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Chris 2 months ago

I'm stuck at the boot screen too.

Using the -v flag, I can see the VM is stuck with what looks like an error message:

**** [IOBluetoothHCIController][SearchForTransportEventTimeOutHandler] -- Missing Bluetooth

Controller Transport!

Any idea what could be happening?

I'm using vbox 4.3.12 with extension pack installed, on an Intel i7 CPU

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Christina Dixon 2 months ago Chris

What you must do is go into command prompt or the terminal of your host computer and type

in

VBoxManage modifyvm "vmname" --cpuidset 00000001 000306a9 00020800 80000201

178bfbff

Replacing "vmname" with the name that you made your virtual machine. If your virtual machine

name has more than one word, put quotations around it, and hit enter. This is necessary to run

Mac OSX. Next, boot your virtual machine and see if it works. If you still have problems, I can

possibly help you.

Good luck!

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Warren Burstein a month ago Christina Dixon

Worked here, too. Thanks!

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Matt K a month ago Christina Dixon

Hi Christina, any ideas to what I may be doing incorrectly? I have all the correct input

yet I'm missing something?

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Christina Dixon a month ago Matt K

I'm really sorry, I forgot to mention that before typing in the command, you

should navigate to the directory C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox in command

prompt. My mistake... :)

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Chris 2 months ago Christina Dixon

Hi,

It first didn't work, but I waited 10 mins and then it worked, finally!!

(before your command, even after 2hours it didn't pass).

Thank you so much!!

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Rolek 11 days ago Christina Dixon

I used the command, but I am still getting the **** [IOBluetoothHCIController]

[SearchForTransportEventTimeOutHandler] -- Missing Bluetooth Controller Transport!

error.

Any tips?

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Nick a month ago Christina Dixon

This still didn't work for me, although I think it made it farther until it hit "****

[IOBluetoothHCIController][SearchForTransportEventTimeOutHandler] -- Missing

Bluetooth Controller Transport!" again. Any ideas?

Edit: http://imgur.com/3w5VK0n

Edit #2: Managed to fix it by plugging a physical Bluetooth adapter into a USB 2 port...

not sure why internal Bluetooth isn't supported...

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Pat 4 days ago Nick

What did you use as a Bluetooth adapter? I have used the command and am

still getting the Missing Bluetooth Controller Transport message and not

continuing.

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PwrSrg a month ago Christina Dixon

That worked! Thanks a ton! =)

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Hungy a month ago Christina Dixon

This got me to the install screen when it never would work before. Thanks heaps!

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Gregory Mathews a month ago Christina Dixon

Thanks, scrolled down to the comments hoping to see a solution. Your suggestion

worked perfectly for me on my Haswell i5. OS X is installing in Virtualbox as I type!

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thas 2 months ago Christina Dixon

This finally got it to work for me. Thank you so much.

Probably worth mentioning that you have to navigate to C:\Program

Files\Oracle\VirtualBox on Windows before typing that in.

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Christina Dixon 2 months ago thas

Right sorry. I forgot to mention that, I am using Linux. thank you :)

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Daniyal Gaziani a month ago Christina Dixon

I'm still stuck on it Christina

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Daniyal Gaziani a month ago Daniyal Gaziani

It worked! Love u

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Guest a month ago Daniyal Gaziani

Virtual box ain't going above it

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PwrSrg 2 months ago Chris

Same exact issue here. Hangs on the following:

**** [IOBluetoothHCIController][SearchForTransportEventTimeOutHandler] -- Missing

Bluetooth Controller Transport!

Also on Vbox 4.3.12.

IDEAS?

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Cato Grindvoll a month ago Chris

Im also stuck at boot screen.. so when i try to boot with the -v command it enters Guru

Meditation and i cant seem to understand the error.. Please take a look and let me know if u

know what to do to make it work! Thx. http://www.macbreaker.com/2014... (original comment)

Warren Burstein 2 months ago Chris

Same message, same vbox, same CPU, WIndows 7. I had previously tried iAtkos, it managed

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Same message, same vbox, same CPU, WIndows 7. I had previously tried iAtkos, it managed

to install Mountain Lion, but when I tried to boot ML (after dismouting iAtkos dmg) I got stuck at

the boot screen.

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Jorge A. Duarte G. 2 months ago

Everything seems to work, but I can't get an Internet connection. On first boot, it loops infinitely through

the setup screens if I try to configure the network automatically; so I have to leave the network

unconfigured. After I log in, and Niresh setup finishes, I try to configure networking, but there is no

Ethernet interface.

Any clues?

Thanks a lot for the tutorial!

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Flor Sanders a month ago Jorge A. Duarte G.

Same Problem here...

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Kevin Dullens a month ago Flor Sanders

Have you tried chaning it to NAT or Bridged in the VirtualBox settings?

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Guest a month ago Kevin Dullens

I'm also having this problem, and I tried that.

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Klikini a month ago Kevin Dullens

I'm having the same problem with both options...

(Sorry for triple-post... wasn't showing up after reload)

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Kevin Dullens a month ago Klikini

have you installed the VirtualBox Extension Pack? (I'm not sure if it will help in

any way but I had some troubles without it. I don't have a whole lot experience

with this yet.

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I have, yes.

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And if you make a whole new machine from scratch? Does this problem still

occur?

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I retried and checked the networking box the guide said to uncheck and it

worked.

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hitmaneidos 23 days ago Klikini

That did not work for me. Any other suggestion? Which version of VirtualBox do

you have?

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Klikini 23 days ago hitmaneidos

Try reinstalling like the guide says, but before you start the install, go to

Virtualbox's networking tab and set the adapter 1 to bridged with whatever

network your host computer uses (wireless or ethernet), and then in the install

screen, follow the guide's directions on what to check, but leave Networking

checked.

hitmaneidos 14 days ago Klikini

I have already reinstalled it 5 or 6 times with different combinations like this.

None of them worked. I finally switched to VMware and used a different distro.

Everything is working fine now. Thanks anyway.

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Guest a month ago Jorge A. Duarte G.

Same problem... ideas?

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