Re: [gentoo-user] Re: WAS [.. min install isos] gentoo vm guest not booting

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>>> Here's the kernel config from my 64-bit 2.6.38-gentoo-r3 VM
>>>
>>> Mark is that guest running in vmware or something else than Virtual Box.
>>
>> The guest that uses that kernel is running in Virtualbox-4.0.8.
>>
>> The host is a Gentoo64-bit system, 98% stable, 2% ~amd64.
>
> Sorry about my brain deadedness, but when I click on that thing in
> windows 7 with Virtual Box installed... nothing knows how to open it.
>
> Trying it another way round I try importing it from a running Virtual
> Box Manager. When I open the directory containing `base_dist.vmdk'
> nothing is visible in the VB import dialog screen.
>
> The file ending that vbox uses is *.vbox so trying a quick rename but
> Vbox does not recognize the file you posted.
>

I think we're not communicating then. The file I sent you was
/usr/src/linux.config in the VM. It's not a file that VB would run,
but rather a kernel config you might use to build a kernel to make
your VM boot. That of course assumes that the hardware model you built
in VB matches mine. I renamed the file thinking you'd want to keep it
referenced to me. you'd need to name it back to .config, put it in
your /usr/src/linux, possibly run make oldconfig, and then check the
file. If all that worked out you'd build the kernel as normal.

If you want a specific VB file from my install let me know exactly
which one and I can forward a copy of that.

- Mark