An Enigmatic Error During Installation

[kameleon]

Hi everybody,

I'm the user of the Windows 7 64bit and the latest release of VirtualBox. I've prepared new virtual machine for Windows 2008 Server (32 bit). I've used over 900 Mb of Ram and static hard drive with 20 Gb capacity (minimum requirements: 512 MB Ram, 10 GB). The installation mode starts properly but after typing the key, Windows gives me a message: "Windows installation has encountered an error and needs to be restarted". After rebooting the machine the same problem.

I think that I have proper key. It is original version from MSDNA - i'm a student of the university which is a Microsoft partner. Also, I consider that it is not a problem with VirtualBox software (the same problem in MS Virtual PC).

Please, help.

 

[RSchwarz]

It could be the amount of RAM. Windows 2008 has a minimum of 1 gig I think. Try adding more ram to the vm.

 

[kameleon]

Nope, as I said it is 512 MB RAM.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/cc196364.aspx

For Win 2008 32bit version, my configuration: 1,2 GHz, 940 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive.

Server Core version has even less requirements but I can't reach choosing installation type step even.