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 1RXNRX-0003ND-0U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:34:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F01F21C03D; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:33:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7F721C133 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:32:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D2664C5D for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:32:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.794 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.794 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.609, BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.201, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WXVrJKtnbZvF for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:31:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AEBD1B4007 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXNPJ-0008B9-8v for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:31:49 +0100 Received: from c-98-215-179-64.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.179.64]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:31:49 +0100 Received: from reader by c-98-215-179-64.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:31:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:30:44 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87sjkzu7nf.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87vcpwxau3.fsf@newsguy.com> <20111205000820.7b829d64@rohan.example.com> <87r50jykcx.fsf@newsguy.com> <87mxb7yiwk.fsf@newsguy.com> <87iplvyh8q.fsf@newsguy.com> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-179-64.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YTyzdcaBqP8Lz+gDvvufa+FFRis= X-Archives-Salt: 9576dfb1-ca02-48b7-b3db-6212c5132b07 X-Archives-Hash: 6468341dbe3a991ef84c024120073129 Pandu Poluan writes: > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: >> >> Pandu Poluan writes: >> >> > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: >> >> >> >> Harry Putnam writes: >> >> >> >> > Alan McKinnon 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 >> >> >> > >> > Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-) >> >> Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. Do you? >> > > I'm still on my way to the office, so I can't for sure tell you what, but > IIRC if you use Vbox's default settings for a Gentoo Linux VM, it's ICH9. I'll try that, but I think I've noticed what is missing when I clicked on the storage tab and then on the sata controller... it shows type AHCI and that suddenly rang a bell. I think that may be it... but right now I've ditched the vm I was trying to setup and started over. So I'll be a little while getting to the boot from disc stage again.