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On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:07:48 -0500 |
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Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've never yet managed to build a booting vm with gentoo. Probably my |
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> own fault, but I don't want to wrangle and study and diddle around |
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> endlessly. Which appears to be what it takes for me anyway. |
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> This is a i7 64 bit system using semi newish and common sata disks (WD |
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> 500GB [black]), and I don't need trick raid modules or the like, so |
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> should be easy enough to build a kernel for. |
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> ( Setup: QuadCore Intel i7 820QM, 2648 MHz (20 x 132) - 8GB ram) |
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> I've found that even a genkernel built kernel including the kitchen |
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> sink will fail to boot. |
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> Debian and Opensolaris installed in vbox vms with ease |
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> I don't want to keep wasting time building the basic OS, only to have |
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> it not boot. |
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> I'm not speaking from real recent experience so it probably wouldn't |
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> be much help to ask what error I'm having or such like. I just know |
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> from oft repeated attempts from time to time, that it will be a pita |
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> so would sooner just try a known working appliance ready made. |
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> In case you are thinking, I'm lazy... well yeah, somewhat... but I |
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> have put in extensive effort over time... Just want the easy route |
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> this time. (I'm also older than dirt .. hehe) |
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You described your frustration but never mentioned what it is you want. |
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Is it a download source for a working appliance? Google will find one |
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of those for you. |
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Booting a Gentoo VM is easy, just like any other distro (well, apart |
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from the fact that binary distros ship scripts that disciver your |
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hardware and load the correct modules at boot time). |
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More than likely you are running into the usual issues: |
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- chipset modules not compiled into kernel |
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- Filesystem type on / not compiled into kernel |
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- You selected the wrong modules for disks and NIC. Remember that a VM |
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guest does not necessarily present the same hardware to it's kernel |
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as the host! In the VirtualBox config dialog, look at the hardware |
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settings for your guest - it usually emulates common hardware types, |
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which is highly likely to not be the same as your real hardware |
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(there's a software in between that abstracts these things) |
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Hope this help |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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