GNOME Boxes problem installing Windoze 10
by MontyJ from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5MRP0)
I am running Linux Mint 20.2 and want to move my install of Win10 off my older laptop and put another LM on it.
I downloaded the latest Win10 iso file and installed GNOME Boxes. It installed w/o any issues or errors. I had 390GB of free space so gave it 100GB to use. I have 8GB of RAM so left it at the default 2GB.
I have a valid product license code, so entered it also.
Following the simple instructions, I pointed to the Win10 .iso file and it started the installation.
That was 3 days ago. I found that simply closing the Boxes program did not actually kill the install, as when I reran it the next day it just kept on apparently from where it left off.
I get the spinning circle thing, and the simple msg "Installing..."
I do not leave the PC on overnight, so total hours it has been 'installing' I would put at around 10 actual hours.
But I do not see any way to actually stop the program and start over. And if I do somehow kill the process, am I messing up what is just a super lengthy install process?
Should Boxes report install errors at all?
Any ideas? I really do like the simplicity of Boxes over my previous experiences with VirtualBox and others, so really would like to get this to work vs a dual-boot with Windoze.
Thanks,
Monty
I downloaded the latest Win10 iso file and installed GNOME Boxes. It installed w/o any issues or errors. I had 390GB of free space so gave it 100GB to use. I have 8GB of RAM so left it at the default 2GB.
I have a valid product license code, so entered it also.
Following the simple instructions, I pointed to the Win10 .iso file and it started the installation.
That was 3 days ago. I found that simply closing the Boxes program did not actually kill the install, as when I reran it the next day it just kept on apparently from where it left off.
I get the spinning circle thing, and the simple msg "Installing..."
I do not leave the PC on overnight, so total hours it has been 'installing' I would put at around 10 actual hours.
But I do not see any way to actually stop the program and start over. And if I do somehow kill the process, am I messing up what is just a super lengthy install process?
Should Boxes report install errors at all?
Any ideas? I really do like the simplicity of Boxes over my previous experiences with VirtualBox and others, so really would like to get this to work vs a dual-boot with Windoze.
Thanks,
Monty