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 :-)

Rgds,