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 1RXMyJ-0004Vp-Kp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:03:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A14EA21C027; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A7D621C0B1 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:02:00 +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 1RXMwS-0041b6-Of for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:02:00 +0700 Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so6273511wgb.10 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:01:57 -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 10.180.95.170 with SMTP id dl10mr10621037wib.31.1323046917222; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:01:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:01:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:01:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87iplvyh8q.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87vcpwxau3.fsf@newsguy.com> <20111205000820.7b829d64@rohan.example.com> <87r50jykcx.fsf@newsguy.com> <87mxb7yiwk.fsf@newsguy.com> <87iplvyh8q.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:01:57 +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=f46d044287fc85afe804b34ddd63 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: d4ae10f2-b7d8-4436-96e8-0f7bf454b528 X-Archives-Hash: cf8ec3d5cfc86452a32638fd33b7b82f --f46d044287fc85afe804b34ddd63 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > 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 :-) > > Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. Do you? > 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. Rgds, --f46d044287fc85afe804b34ddd63 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.inf= o> writes:
>
> > 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 boot= ing 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 tab= s:
> >> >
> >> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0www.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. =C2=A0At first= there were no other
> >> > choices on the drop downs, so I assumed it was ok like t= hat... 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 sti= ll the same
> >> > failure.
> >> >
> >> > Maybe those are not related to the problem?
> >>
> >> Haa... that google hit I mentioned about resetting bootable w= ith
> >> gparted worked... Now bootup starts. =C2=A0But the same old s= orry bs I have
> >> always hit with gentoo when trying to setup a vm is now prese= nt and
> >> accounted for...
> >>
> >> www.jtan= .com/~reader/vu1/disp.cgi
> >>
> >
> > Seems to be a case of missing driver to me :-)
>
> Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. =C2= =A0Do you?
>

I'm still on my way to the office, so I can't for sure tell you = what,=C2=A0 but IIRC if you use Vbox's default settings for a Gentoo Li= nux VM, it's ICH9.

Rgds,

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