Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Monday, 1 August 2022 02:46:32 CEST Matthew Sacks wrote:
> The vbox log and screenshot are all I have to go off. Next time I?ll provide
> that upfront. New to these parts (gentoo lists).
> 
> It crashes on boot actually to answer your question.

Please stop top-posting. It makes these emails difficult to read.

Did you enable hardware virtualisation (VT) in the BIOS?
What are the VM-settings you use for the VM?
Does your host have sufficient CPU-cores and memory for the Host + the VM?

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Joost


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> From: Jack<mailto:ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 7:48 AM
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes
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> On 7/31/22 09:27, Matthew Sacks wrote:
> I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or
> something.
> 
> Please learn how to ask for help.  You have provided next to no useful
> information.  From the other thread, you provided a log, and the fact that
> you are trying to run a Gentoo guest on a Windows (which version?) host. 
> Which version of VB?  The latter might matter, as there have been some
> reports of VBox instability, although I believe those are on Linux hosts,
> not guests.
> 
> In the other thread, you mention that the crash happens on shutting down. 
> How did you shut down?  Have you tried other ways?  Have you checked the
> virtualbox forums for similar reports?
> 
> Jack