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I succesfully installed android-x86-6.0_20160129.iso in VirtualBox but the VM doesn't start.

This is my GRUB:

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If I start the VM with the first option I get error Failed to find cpu0 device node. I found out that it's just a non-blocking warning and it's unrelated with the real blocking-issue being that "uvesa (v86d) is broken" (the issue was related to Android 4.4: is it still valid on 6.0?)

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If I choose the Debug mode, I see some messages and a hint to type exit to boot, but still no success

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Some background:

  • The VM was created from the Ubuntu 32-bit (x86) VirtualBox template
  • The VM has 1 core + 3096 MB RAM
  • Video memory: 32 MB
  • PAE/NX enabled
  • Hardware virtualization: both VTx and nested pagination enabled
  • Graphics acceleration: disabled (both 2D and 3D)
  • Storage: 64 GB attached to IDE virtual controller (was SATA before: makes no difference)

I've already tried all the "standard" VirtualBox procedure (PAE yes/no; SATA/IDE; no soundcard; no USB; graphics accel. yes/no).

I also tried run the Live CD in VESA mode: like this it starts, but I'd still prefer to run it from the HDD.

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  • Have you tried using two cpu cores?
    – user573465
    Mar 21, 2016 at 15:32
  • @Robert : I have now: no difference
    – Dr. Gianluigi Zane Zanettini
    Mar 23, 2016 at 22:28
  • tried this on DebianLinux-VirtualBox and I got to the colorful 'circles' screen but no further - it just sits there endlessly (1GB RAM+1x1stgen CPU core)
    – user289814
    Apr 26, 2016 at 3:07

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This worked for me.

  1. At the Grub screen, press e.
  2. Press e again. Add vga=788 (need a leading space).
  3. Press b to boot.

To make this permanent, at the Grub screen, select the second choice. Then follow these steps.

  1. cd /mnt/grub
  2. vi menu.lst
  3. On the 7th line which starts with kernel, press a and then type vga=788 (need a leading space).
  4. Press Esc, then :wq to save the file and quit.
  5. Press the right Ctrl key, select Machine > Reset and then click "Reset".

The error will still appear, but now it will continue on.

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  1. At the Grub boot screen press 'e'

  2. Edit the boot command and add:

    'acpi=off'
  3. Press B to continue booting into Android 6.0
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I don't know if this helps for your case but for me it helped, that I uninstalled the current Version of VirtualBox, installed the older 5.2.0, then I could install Android and it didn't hung at first startup this time. After it was installed and booted for the first time I could update my VirtualBox (again) to the newest Version and Android booted fine like under 5.2.0. It was only the first startup - with configuration - as it seems where you need the older VirtualBox-Version.

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Using 32bit version worked for me. Also try an older Android version.

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