Android x86 Marshmallow not booting on Virtualbox and VMware Workstation

I've downloaded the latest Android x86 (android-x86-6.0_20160129.iso) from here and tried to install it to the HDD on a VM in VMware Workstation and in Virtualbox. The installation seems to proceed properly (using EXT4, and EFI Grub) and i get a message that it has installed successfully. However when I reboot it passes GRUB, picks the correct Android installation, but it does not boot. I get the result seen in the screenshot below and then a *blank screen* with a *blinking cursor*. I've seen somehow similar questions on Android-SE (here and here ), but they use older versions of Android x86 and don't seem to have solutions that work for me. The VMs in both VMware and Virtualbox have: HDD=4GB(IDE), RAM=2GB, 2 CPUs and they boot through EFI. I've tried *nomodeset* and *xforcevesa* in the Grub boot parameters but nothing seems to work. The .iso does boot up though all the way to the GUI in Live mode (LiveCD). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I have a feeling that the solution might be something linked to the graphics settings but i'm not exactly sure.