<p><br> On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" <<a href="mailto:reader@newsguy.com">reader@newsguy.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Pandu Poluan <<a href="mailto:pandu@poluan.info">pandu@poluan.info</a>> writes:<br> ><br> > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <<a href="mailto:reader@newsguy.com">reader@newsguy.com</a>> wrote:<br> > >><br> > >> Harry Putnam <<a href="mailto:reader@newsguy.com">reader@newsguy.com</a>> writes:<br> > >><br> > >> > Alan McKinnon <<a href="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 the same setup. Let's<br> > >> >> examine the host settings first as that affects booting too.<br> > >> >><br> > >> >> What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on the VBox<br> > >> >> host for that vm?<br> > >> ><br> > >> > I guess the easiest is to post screen shots of those tabs:<br> > >> ><br> > >> > <a href="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 as piix3 and on<br> > >> > Storage Tab it shows `type' as PIIX4. At first there were no other<br> > >> > choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was ok like that... now I<br> > >> > see the dropdown on Storage has gotten populated since I last tried<br> > >> > it.<br> > >> ><br> > >> > I set it to match the System `chip' PIIX3... but still 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. But the same old sorry bs I have<br> > >> always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now present and<br> > >> accounted for...<br> > >><br> > >> <a href="http://www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi">www.jtan.com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi</a><br> > >><br> > ><br> > > Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-)<br> ><br> > Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. Do you?<br> ></p> <p>I'm still on my way to the office, so I can't for sure tell you what, but IIRC if you use Vbox's default settings for a Gentoo Linux VM, it's ICH9. </p> <p>Rgds, <br> </p>