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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:36:39
Message-Id: CAA2qdGWxN8xKMmvgVFK7FjOXGuiPY0Mw+pDXD1wqCT7F7LcEtQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot by Harry Putnam
1 On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
4 >
5 > > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes:
6 > >
7 > > [...]
8 > >
9 > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's
10 > >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too.
11 > >>
12 > >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on the VBox
13 > >> host for that vm?
14 > >
15 > > I guess the easiest is to post screen shots of those tabs:
16 > >
17 > > www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2/disp.cgi
18 > >
19 > > I did notice that on System tab the chipset is listed as piix3 and on
20 > > Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4. At first there were no other
21 > > choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was ok like that... now I
22 > > see the dropdown on Storage has gotten populated since I last tried
23 > > it.
24 > >
25 > > I set it to match the System `chip' PIIX3... but still the same
26 > > failure.
27 > >
28 > > Maybe those are not related to the problem?
29 >
30 > Haa... that google hit I mentioned about resetting bootable with
31 > gparted worked... Now bootup starts. But the same old sorry bs I have
32 > always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now present and
33 > accounted for...
34 >
35 > www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi
36 >
37
38 Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-)
39
40 Rgds,

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>