[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

[Harry Putnam]

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