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 1RXFoN-0000rM-9r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:25:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E43D221C15E; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E56521C033 for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXFmM-001UlB-BP for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:23:06 +0700 Received: by wgbdt12 with SMTP id dt12so5128668wgb.4 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:22:59 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.180.85.162 with SMTP id i2mr8956888wiz.22.1323019379250; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:22:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:22:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:22:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ty5gz46f.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87ty5gz46f.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:22:59 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel .config that works for gentoo as guest vm From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0444e9cb21979f04b34774f6 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: e1a932fe-12bb-418d-b56d-3996189b7b48 X-Archives-Hash: 180948d837008858b499566820aea677 --f46d0444e9cb21979f04b34774f6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 4, 2011 11:40 PM, "Harry Putnam" 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, --f46d0444e9cb21979f04b34774f6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Dec 4, 2011 11:40 PM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
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> Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7
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> Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down th= is
> road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel<= br> > config that boots first time on gentoo vm.
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> The vm is a gentoo guest installed with =C2=A0Vbox on windows 7.
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> Its been a while since I've done this but I recall having trouble<= br> > 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<= br> > it wrong repeatedly.
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> Can anyone post a kernel .config that is known to boot a gentoo Vbox > vm installed on windows 7. =C2=A0Or is there a generic config that wil= l do
> that? =C2=A0I've tried genkernel in the past too, and still no boo= t 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,

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