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On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:01:57 +0700 |
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Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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> On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> writes: |
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> > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes: |
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> > >> |
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> > >> > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes: |
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> > >> > |
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> > >> > [...] |
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> > >> >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same |
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> > >> >> setup. |
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> Let's |
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> > >> >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too. |
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> > >> >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on |
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> > >> >> the VBox host for that vm? |
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> > >> > I guess the easiest is to post screen shots of those tabs: |
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> > >> > www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2/disp.cgi |
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> > >> > I did notice that on System tab the chipset is listed as piix3 |
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> > >> > and on Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4. At first there |
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> > >> > were no other choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was |
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> > >> > ok like that... now I see the dropdown on Storage has gotten |
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> > >> > populated since I last tried it. |
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> > >> > |
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> > >> > I set it to match the System `chip' PIIX3... but still the same |
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> > >> > failure. |
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> > >> > |
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> > >> > Maybe those are not related to the problem? |
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> > >> Haa... that google hit I mentioned about resetting bootable with |
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> > >> gparted worked... Now bootup starts. But the same old sorry bs |
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> > >> I have always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now |
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> > >> present and accounted for... |
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> > >> |
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> > >> www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi |
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> > >> |
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> > > Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-) |
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> > Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. |
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> > Do you? |
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> I'm still on my way to the office, so I can't for sure tell you |
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> what, but IIRC if you use Vbox's default settings for a Gentoo Linux |
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> VM, it's ICH9. |
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At least on a Linux host, PIIX works fine for Linux guests. Performance |
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sucks rather majorly[1], but it does at least work. |
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[1] "sucks" meaning lots of IOwaiting resulting in top showing |
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excessive load figures on the host. Probably a case of PIIX not being |
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optimized and running very generic, slow, code. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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