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I have successfully installed existing ubuntu 10.10 on win7 host http://kirilligum.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/run-existing-linux-ubuntu-10-10-partition-in-virtualbox-under-host-windows-7-system-on-thinkpad-x201t/ . everything worked

I did a clean install od win7 and ubuntu. then i tried to follow the same steps and install existing ubuntu 11.04 in win7's VB. it didn't work well. VB does not grab the mouse. it also gives an error after grub "error: hd0 out of disk" and asks to press any key. after the error it boots into login screen but as i said it doesn't grab the mouse. i tried installing vb guest additions. it didn't help either. i also couldn't find xorg.conf file in /etc/x11 on ubuntu 11.04

has anyone had success with this?

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when i do 'grub> ls' i get "(hd0) (hd0,msdos7) (hd0,msdos6) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos4) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1)" – kirill_igum May 14 '11 at 11:30
"error: hd0 out of disk" doesn't appear if i do manual boot using a command line "help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Express Boot to the Most Recent Kernel". i use (hd0,5) or sda5. after ubuntu loads to the log in screen i still cannot move the mouse – kirill_igum May 14 '11 at 11:44
In the link you gave there seem to be solution provided for the 'out of disk' error: "with VirtualBox-4.0.8-71778-Win, i got an error that hd0 is full, press any key… i ignorred it and pressed any key. then gives an error that looks smtn like “error ahci-0-0 existing verr_access_denied” i had to go into vm’s settings>storage> SATA controller> check use host i/o cache. note currently i use ubuntu 11.04 with guest edition installed from apt-get", have you tried this? – user377178 Jan 12 at 12:42
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