I spent much of yesterday attempting to create a minimal installation of Ubuntu in a virtualbox VM, for some testing purposes. I didn't anticipate any problem, having installed a dozen or more VMs with Win2K and WinXP systems, plus a few more with Debian and Xubuntu. I downloaded the minimal ISO file, created my empty VM with the default RAM size, 5 GB of disk storage, and the ISO file as the CD, set maximum CPU usage to 80%, and clicked "Start" to run it.
The CD loaded properly and gave me a menu with only a few choices; I selected "Install" and answered a few questions as it ran, until I got to the part where it told me it was downloading the installer. Then nothing more happened.
The host system (Xubuntu 12.04.3) includes the CPU Graph and Net Monitor panel applets, which allow me to keep an eye on activity at such times. CPU usage showed virtualbox taking 80%, but the net monitor showed only very sporadic bursts of activity there. After a full 10 minutes of this (as shown by the "top" line for vbox), I forced a power-off to the VM.
I tried again with the VM network adapter set to NAT (the original attempt was bridged, which is my usual setup of any VM so as to have full access to my SOHO LAN) with identical result. I then deleted the VM and its VDI file pending expert advice, so I can start over from scratch.
My questions are (1) should I allow more time for the installer download, and if so, how long? and (2) am I doing something wrong? My purpose is simply to set up a test-bed for trying some wild experiments...
The CD loaded properly and gave me a menu with only a few choices; I selected "Install" and answered a few questions as it ran, until I got to the part where it told me it was downloading the installer. Then nothing more happened.
The host system (Xubuntu 12.04.3) includes the CPU Graph and Net Monitor panel applets, which allow me to keep an eye on activity at such times. CPU usage showed virtualbox taking 80%, but the net monitor showed only very sporadic bursts of activity there. After a full 10 minutes of this (as shown by the "top" line for vbox), I forced a power-off to the VM.
I tried again with the VM network adapter set to NAT (the original attempt was bridged, which is my usual setup of any VM so as to have full access to my SOHO LAN) with identical result. I then deleted the VM and its VDI file pending expert advice, so I can start over from scratch.
My questions are (1) should I allow more time for the installer download, and if so, how long? and (2) am I doing something wrong? My purpose is simply to set up a test-bed for trying some wild experiments...