Setting up my laptop for Operating Systems Class
My professor recommended everyone in the class to use Virtual Box and Ubuntu.
I used Mac with macOS Catalina version 10.15.3 and followed this tutorial that he also provided us with.
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It was all good at this point.
Double click the pkg and run the application from the Application Folder. Then, I kept clicking “continue”. Waited for a while. and this screen appeared.
I found a really good Medium article for fixing this issue.
Apparently, many people face the same issue. The above article covers a lot of solutions. Mine got fixed with the 1st solution in the article.
Fixing Ubuntu Installation Freeze/Crush
I kept following the same tutorial.
I created a new machine
I set the memory size as 2048 MB as recommended in the article.
I left the options as they are.
Once I finished making the new machine, this screen popped up.
Then, this screen showed up.
I followed the tutorial and keep clicking the buttons and all.
Once I got to this screen,
I clicked “Continue”, but the button did not respond. The circle-shaped loading sign stopped circulating and I immediately knew that the machine got frozen.
I tried removing the machine, re-creating it, and reinstalling ubuntu, but the installation always got frozen at some point. Sometimes it was after the above screen when it said “Copying Files”
After a bunch of googling, I figured I need to change the machine’s setting.
There were many things that were recommended for a try
- Change a number of CPUs from 1 to 2 or 3 or 4
- Enable/Disable PAE/NX
- Change Paravirtualization Interface from Default to Minimal, or Legacy to Default
- Disable 3D Accelerator
None of them worked in my case.
After a lot of tries and errors, I finally made it work by doubling the base memory size from 2048 MB to 4096 MB.
Once I completed the installation, the machine asked me to restart it.
I restarted the machine and saw this screen.
Success!! Now I can log in and be done with the installation.
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