Installing Linux Mint in Virtual Box Win10 Kernel panic

Question

first up I don't even know if this is the right thread to post in, if not I'm sorry.

For my OS-class I need to install Linux Mint in Virtual Box. I don't have any experience in that sort of thing and don't even know how I barely passed my programming class last year.

So. I installed Virtual Box. Downloaded the Linux Mint 64-bit ISO file? I started a new machine in Virtual Box called it "Linux Mint", type Linux, Version other Linux (64-bit). No problem so far. Then I configured all the stuff they ask you. (Yes, I have exactly no clue what I'm doing.)

Now. I started the machine and entered the previously downloaded file linuxmint-20-cinnamon-64bit. That works, then the Virtual Box screen comes up, quickly after that it changes to the Linux Mint start screen saying "Welcome to Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon 64-bit" and below that options what to do. First of them is "Start Linux Mint".

If I either wait for it to boot automatically or click "Start Linux Mint" it takes a second and then comes up with the error message:

Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

So, I don't know what that means. Can anyone help me with that?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The issue has been resolved!

The ISO wasn't corrupted, I just had to give the virtual machine more RAM. The suggested 512MB weren't enough, I upped it to about 1.5GB and then it just worked.