I'm experiencing the same behaviour.
Host is GUN/Linux 3.5.0-17-generic, x86_64 running VirtualBox 4.1.18_Ubuntu.
The guest is archlinux-2014.03.01-dual.iso.

1. Virtualbox Boot Image
2. Virtualbox Black Screen On Boot Up
3. Virtualbox Black Screen On Bootcamp

After starting the VM, the 'Arch Linux' boot menu appears with the expected options.
Of these options, the 'Run Memtest86+ (RAM test)' and 'Hardware Information (HDT)' items
seem to function correctly.

However selecting 'Boot Arch Linux (x86_64)' simply blanks the screen and the VM is
no longer responsive to keyboard.

My VirtualBox runs other guests (WIN7) ok, and I've booted the same iso (from a USB drive)
on another (real) PC, so I think the iso file is fine.

6# Still cannot get it to work, getting the black screen on boot. I know that the settings have been applied correctly, as this is what I see in my macosdev.vbox: And yet, nothing. VT-x is enabled. The CPU is the latest i7-7500U KobyLake. 16gb of RAM, NVidia GTX 970 4G video card, just black screen, nothing else.- Hi. Change your Chipset to. Not sure about the black screen but if it doesn't automatically go to fullscreen and you installed Guest Additions you might need to check your BIOS and make sure virtualization technology (vt-d) is enabled. Your right ctrl key will toggle control between your host and guest for mouse and keyboard. If you are stuck on a black screen with cursor while starting Kali Linux on VirtualBox, and hence unable to log in to the system, this video may be of help.

The last part of the VirtualBox log before I power off the VM is;

00:00:03.959 Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from Floppy 0 failed
00:00:03.959 Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from Hard Disk 0 failed
00:00:03.960 Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...
00:00:04.019 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=00007f9430000000 w=640 h=480 bpp=24 cbLine=0x780, flags=0x1
00:00:09.955 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0, flags=0x1
00:00:14.261 Changing the VM state from 'RUNNING' to 'SUSPENDING'.

Does anyone have any ideas about what could be going wrong please ?

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comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by frank

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• Summary changed from Windows XP cannot boot natively after installation of Guest Additions (black screen of death during boot) to Windows XP cannot boot natively after installation of Guest Additions (BSOD during boot)

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• Version changed from VirtualBox 1.6.0 to VirtualBox 1.6.4

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• Version changed from VirtualBox 1.6.4 to VirtualBox 4.0.6

Virtualbox Boot Image

comment:36 Changed 12 months ago by brechtm

Virtualbox Black Screen On Boot Up

Virtualbox Black Screen On Bootcamp