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Re:RemixOS for PC released by lovelearning on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @08:26AM (#10887229)
Anybody got this to work on VirtualBox? It's not moving past the bootloader screen for me, no matter what VM configuration I select.
Re:RemixOS for PC released by michielr on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @08:46AM (#10887336)
It works fine for me, be sure to choose guest mode though.

Virtualbox on a W10 host.

edit: screenshot http://i.imgur.com/Ev7Kvil.png

Re:RemixOS for PC released by lovelearning on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:09AM (#10887442)
Strangely, it didn't work at all on VirtualBox on Ubuntu, but worked on a Windows 7 host.

Thanks for the hint!

Re:RemixOS for PC released by voltagex_ on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @05:31PM (#10890911)
If you've got the OSE (free) version of VirtualBox on Ubuntu, it might be missing chipset support.
Re:RemixOS for PC released by edcastro on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:29AM (#10887565)
Works fine on Virtualbox using 'Linux' as Guest. The mouse DOES work, it just doesn't show the cursor, if you click and drag, it will show like a "finger cursor" on screen.

To navigate the menus, you can use tab, as usual. (in the case of the "next" button.

Re:RemixOS for PC released by Piskvorrr on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:19AM (#10887507)
Seems to be working - boots up to language selection (which I believe is a "normal" app), but won't let me choose any - mouse clicks register for language selection, but not for the "next" button, keyboard: nada :( Cursor only updates on LMB held down (with mouse integration and without). I think there's more work to come back to desktop-ish user expectations.

W7, x64, VBox 5.0.2, Windows guest w/ 1 GB RAM

Re:RemixOS for PC released by brillenfux on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @01:51PM (#10889475)
I have it working on a Linux host as a Linux 64 bit guest with 2 GB ram. You have to change the input device from USB tablet to PS/2 mouse in the VM settings.

However, it's very slow and the taskbar is green most of the time. also, there's a test (block) cursor blinking in the middle of the screen.

Re:RemixOS for PC released by circuitslave on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:02AM (#10887413)
Configured as Other Linux 64bit w/12gb of disk and 2gb of memory it booted for me in VirtualBox
Re:RemixOS for PC released by lovelearning on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:12AM (#10887465)
Thanks! Worked for me on Win7 host, but not on Ubuntu host. Must be a Virtualbox bug.
Re:RemixOS for PC released by b3lvedere on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @08:42AM (#10887315)
Nope. I also tried it on a ESXi 5.5 . The only small notification i see is that it cannot determine the USB writing speed and then it reboots again. So perhaps because it doesn't have write access.
Re:RemixOS for PC released by petecox on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:09AM (#10887444)
Are you running the same architecture? assuming Remix is a 32 bit download.

e.g. I have previously had problems with virtualbox and a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit host (old cpu/chipset combo)

Re:RemixOS for PC released by lovelearning on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:14AM (#10887480)
I made that mistake initially, and then saw the "_64" in ISO filename. But still couldn't make it work on an Ubuntu host, only on a Win7 host. I suspect it was a Virtualbox bug.
Re:RemixOS for PC released by petecox on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:56AM (#10893107)
Probably not the virtualization but rather the hardware support of the OS.

I tried booting it on 2 physical machines - It runs on my NUC but crashed on my laptop.

Re:RemixOS for PC released by wiiittttt on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @08:41AM (#10887313)
No, same issue here with VMWare player.
Re:RemixOS for PC released by cordite on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @10:21AM (#10887867)
It detected it as FreeBSD for me. It never really booted in VMWare player.