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On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes: |
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> > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes: |
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> >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. 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 the VBox |
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> >> 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 and on |
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> > Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4. At first there were no other |
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> > choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was ok like that... now I |
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> > see the dropdown on Storage has gotten populated since I last tried |
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> > it. |
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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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> > 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 I have |
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> always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now present and |
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> accounted for... |
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> www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi |
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Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-) |
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Rgds, |