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 1RXMXu-000708-El for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:36:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 068D521C095; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:36:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2CF21C02B for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:34:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXMWI-003rKb-3d for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:34:58 +0700 Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so6227769wgb.10 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:34:53 -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 10.216.86.8 with SMTP id v8mr1623921wee.42.1323045286663; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:34:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:34:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:34:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87mxb7yiwk.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87vcpwxau3.fsf@newsguy.com> <20111205000820.7b829d64@rohan.example.com> <87r50jykcx.fsf@newsguy.com> <87mxb7yiwk.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6db2dc155558a04b34d7caf 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: fcb33a00-834c-4c7a-9f6e-b56b112db088 X-Archives-Hash: 5ff58e228b0006312f547e298c37c6d9 --0016e6db2dc155558a04b34d7caf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > Alan McKinnon 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, --0016e6db2dc155558a04b34d7caf Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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 set= up. Let's
> >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too.<= br> > >>
> >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on t= he VBox
> >> host for that vm?
> >
> > I guess the easiest is to post screen shots of those tabs:
> >
> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2/disp.cgi
> >
> > I did notice that on System tab the chipset is listed as piix3 an= d on
> > Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4. =C2=A0At first there we= re no other
> > choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was ok like that... no= w I
> > see the dropdown on Storage has gotten populated since I last tri= ed
> > it.
> >
> > I set it to match the System `chip' PIIX3... but still the sa= me
> > failure.
> >
> > Maybe those are not related to the problem?
>
> Haa... that google hit I mentioned about resetting bootable with
> gparted worked... Now bootup starts. =C2=A0But 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/~rea= der/vu1/disp.cgi
>

Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-)

Rgds,

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