Bug#434723: debian-installer: doesn't boot in VirtualBox

[Attilio Fiandrotti <attilio.fiandrotti@gmail.com>]

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: important
>
> I downloaded 
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
> just now, booted it up in a VirtualBox.  It gets to
>
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> At that point it hangs.
>
> If I replace the virtual CD image with the etch release
> (debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso), it boots up just fine.

could you please try booting with

install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt ?

regards

Attilio