From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rz7Rx-00066I-HT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:09:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA7A8E0CFE; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:09:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA050E0AD7 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werp13 with SMTP id p13so3364588wer.40 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:07:42 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of alan.mckinnon@gmail.com designates 10.180.103.97 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.103.97; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of alan.mckinnon@gmail.com designates 10.180.103.97 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=alan.mckinnon@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=alan.mckinnon@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.103.97]) by 10.180.103.97 with SMTP id fv1mr9950896wib.17.1329660462998 (num_hops = 1); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:07:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RG2TCDeZLGXNx78PxVjdnAixaQApax0G2sHTrA0IRXQ=; b=fesWTF8U6jYWFomwrb3PwzoIBfOpchdhKR1Kpt3bHG+oM/5GvSbD4Zk3MDI7pAVo/w JBZR0KAQxcBXW3/Eq1nQ+P1+sPyreQWUf9DeNNBTOxxSaB4E5QU4BurMfcD39/dV5U3p 202Kk2Y0Q3BtxcVItvmZhkH/Jr9REJamZg44s= Received: by 10.180.103.97 with SMTP id fv1mr8368797wib.17.1329660462961; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:07:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-2-107.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.2.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h19sm9530580wiw.9.2012.02.19.06.07.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:07:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:07:31 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again about a gentoo vm appliance for vbox Message-ID: <20120219160731.23b944f2@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <874nunhrmq.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <877gzn7nt7.fsf@newsguy.com> <4F3CF1A3.6090305@libertytrek.org> <20120216224412.03098126@khamul.example.com> <874nunhrmq.fsf@newsguy.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7f0aae81-18c7-45ca-963b-d8f62b8c0da3 X-Archives-Hash: 30ace041bda43d797d226d8ed4d797f2 On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:36:29 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan responded: > > Try this. Attached is a .config for 2.6.39 that works and boots just > > fine in a default VBox vm using AHCI SATA controller as provided by > > vbox. > > [...] > > Thanks for posting the .config. I didn't just use that to get a > working kernel but took a chance with your .config as basis at > configuring a more recent kernel. So By bouncing your config up to > 3.2.6 kernel and subtracting/adding a few things I thought of I did > get a working install. > > It must be the first time out of quite a few tries over mnths and even > yrs. Glad to be able to help. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com