Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

[Alan McKinnon]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700
Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:

> On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
> >
> > > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup.
> > >> Let's examine the host settings first as that affects booting
> > >> too.
> > >>
> > >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on the
> > >> VBox host for that vm?
> > >
> > > I guess the easiest is to post screen shots of those tabs:
> > >
> > >    www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2/disp.cgi
> > >
> > > I did notice that on System tab the chipset is listed as piix3
> > > and on Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4.  At first there were
> > > no other choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was ok like
> > > that... now I see the dropdown on Storage has gotten populated
> > > since I last tried it.
> > >
> > > I set it to match the System `chip' PIIX3... but still the same
> > > failure.
> > >
> > > Maybe those are not related to the problem?
> >
> > Haa... that google hit I mentioned about resetting bootable with
> > gparted worked... Now bootup starts.  But the same old sorry bs I
> > have always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now
> > present and accounted for...
> >
> > www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi
> >
>
> Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-)

I'm not convinced. The error is:

FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted

That's a BIOS error, the vm's kernel and it's drivers have not yet been
loaded, never mind running when that happens. In this respect a VM
works just like physical hardware, so what does one do with that error
on physical hardware? you check the BIOS settings.

Harry, start the VM and engage the BIOS setup, see what it has been
configured to do wrt booting.



-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com