Mint or Fedora won't boot.

robinbredin · 16 Jul 2013 at 13:56

Im running Vista 32bit, and Oracle VM Virtual Box(latest version) to run Mint or Fedora. The problem is it won't boot into the live cd on both the Mint and Fedora, I have checked the boot order, and still no joy, Anybody any ideas.

jack.mitchell · 16 Jul 2013 at 16:38

You haven't really explained what you have tried so I'll start with the basics.

1) Have you loaded the ISO into the virtual CD/DVD rom drive?
2) What happens when you start the Virtual Machine
3) Have you downloaded the 32bit ISO, not the 64bit.

robinbredin · 16 Jul 2013 at 22:31

I burned the ISO to disc, then booted off it. I got a 10second count down, and expected it to boot, then nothing happened. The Mint is a 32bit edition.

teppic · 16 Jul 2013 at 23:31

I've had no trouble booting Mint with VirtualBox on Windows, OS X and Linux.

You don't need to burn the CD to disk. It's better to select the .iso file in VirtualBox. It's quicker and avoids any burning errors.

I would re-download the ISO file in case it's corrupt.

Hades · 16 Jul 2013 at 23:31

How did you burn the iso? Did you actually burn an iso or simply burn the downloaded file to cd?

jack.mitchell · 17 Jul 2013 at 11:17

Follow this guide, but load your Linux ISO instead of the Windows ISO, and also select Linux as your operating system.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E26796/html/qs-create-vm.html

robinbredin · 17 Jul 2013 at 19:14

I used ImgBurn, and burned the ISO to a dvd, also tried to install Mint by using the iso.