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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot
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On Dec 5, 2011 8:13 AM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700
> Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> 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 :-)
>
> I'm not convinced. The error is:
>
> FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted
>
Have you seen his last screen cap? The latest error message is now:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root.
The preceding lines don't indicate the kernel recognizing any hard disks,
so I guessed the right driver has not been loaded.
Rgds,
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<p><br>
On Dec 5, 2011 8:13 AM, "Alan McKinnon" <<a href=3D"mailto:ala=
n.mckinnon@gmail.com">alan.mckinnon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700<br>
> Pandu Poluan <<a href=3D"mailto:pandu@poluan.info">pandu@poluan.inf=
o</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <<a href=3D"m=
ailto:reader@newsguy.com">reader@newsguy.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Harry Putnam <<a href=3D"mailto:reader@newsguy.com">reade=
r@newsguy.com</a>> writes:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Alan McKinnon <<a href=3D"mailto:alan.mckinnon@gmail=
.com">alan.mckinnon@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > [...]<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with th=
e same setup.<br>
> > > >> Let's examine the host settings first as that a=
ffects booting<br>
> > > >> too.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage=
tabs on the<br>
> > > >> VBox host for that vm?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I guess the easiest is to post screen shots of those ta=
bs:<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2=
/disp.cgi">www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2/disp.cgi</a><br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I did notice that on System tab the chipset is listed a=
s piix3<br>
> > > > and on Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4. =C2=A0=
At first there were<br>
> > > > no other choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was=
ok like<br>
> > > > that... now I see the dropdown on Storage has gotten po=
pulated<br>
> > > > since I last tried it.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I set it to match the System `chip' PIIX3... but st=
ill the same<br>
> > > > failure.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Maybe those are not related to the problem?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Haa... that google hit I mentioned about resetting bootable =
with<br>
> > > gparted worked... Now bootup starts. =C2=A0But the same old =
sorry bs I<br>
> > > have always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now=
<br>
> > > present and accounted for...<br>
> > ><br>
> > > <a href=3D"http://www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi">www.jta=
n.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi</a><br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> > Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-)<br>
><br>
> I'm not convinced. The error is:<br>
><br>
> FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted<br>
></p>
<p>Have you seen his last screen cap? The latest error message is now:</p>
<p>Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root.</p>
<p>The preceding lines don't indicate the kernel recognizing any hard d=
isks, so I guessed the right driver has not been loaded. </p>
<p>Rgds,<br>
</p>
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