On Dec 4, 2011 11:40 PM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7
>
> Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down this
> road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel
> config that boots first time on gentoo vm.
>
> The vm is a gentoo guest installed with  Vbox on windows 7.
>
> Its been a while since I've done this but I recall having trouble
> getting the right drivers so that disks are properly discovered during
> boot.
>
> I think this kind of config is pretty generic but still manage to get
> it wrong repeatedly.
>
> Can anyone post a kernel .config that is known to boot a gentoo Vbox
> vm installed on windows 7.  Or is there a generic config that will do
> that?  I've tried genkernel in the past too, and still no boot on a vm.
>
> I guess it would be kernel-3.1.4.
>

Did it fail halfway during boot, or was it completely unable to load the kernel?

Rgds,