default settings for ubuntu VMs are wrong

[Shish]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

creating a new VM with the 32-bit ubuntu template, then installing 10.4 virtual server edition, it installs ok, but on first boot crashes with "PAE needs to be enabled"

Also, the error message says the setting is in general -> advanced, but actually it is system -> processor

After enabling PAE, the kernel boots, but then says it can't find the SATA disk -- reinstalling using an IDE disk works ok

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: virtualbox-ose 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 12 14:53:17 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose

[Felix Geyer (debfx)]

I guess your are using an Ubuntu server image in the guest?
The desktop variant works fine without PAE.

[Shish (shish)]

> I guess your are using an Ubuntu server image in the guest?
> The desktop variant works fine without PAE.

Yes, the server image -- specifically, when it boots I hit F4 and
select the "designed for VMs" variation