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

[Pandu Poluan]

On Dec 5, 2011 8:35 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
>
> Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> writes:
>
> > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> writes:
> >>
> >> > 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 :-)
> >>
> >> Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants.  Do
you?
> >>
> >
> > I'm still on my way to the office, so I can't for sure tell you what,
 but
> > IIRC if you use Vbox's default settings for a Gentoo Linux VM, it's
ICH9.
>
> I'll try that, but I think I've noticed what is missing when I clicked
> on the storage tab and then on the sata controller... it shows type
> AHCI and that suddenly rang a bell.  I think that may be it... but
> right now I've ditched the vm I was trying to setup and started over.
> So I'll be a little while getting to the boot from disc stage again.
>

Just before emerging the source, you really should tarball *everything*
(except /proc, /sys, /var/tmp/*, and /usr/portage/distfiles/*), so you can
just 'pick up where you left it' :-)

Rgds,