I'm trying to run the 32bit 10.10 UEC release in VirtualBox 3.2.8. To do this, I first convert the image to VDI using:
$ VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI maverick-server-uec-i386.img maverick-server-uec-i386.vdi In order for VirtualBox to use the floppy boot image, it must be renamed to end .iso and set as the CD (not floppy) boot image: $ cp maverick-server-uec-i386-floppy maverick-server-uec-i386-floppy.iso Additionally you must "Enable PAE/NX" under Settings -> System -> Processor. On booting I am presented with the grub boot screen and choose "uec-image with ubuntu:ubuntu" and after a while I see the messages: "Gave up waiting for root device." "ALERT! /dev/disk/by-label/uec-rootfs does not exist. Dropping to a shell!" >From the shell I can see: (initramfs) find /dev/disk /dev/disk /dev/disk/by-path /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:01.1-scsi-1:0:0:0 And ls -l shows that to be a symlink to ../../sr0, which is the cd drive with the floppy boot iso image (/dev/sc0 -> sr0). Grub doesn't seem to have a problem finding the disk: grub> search --label uec-rootfs hd0 So it seems to be a limitation of the floppy boot image is missing a driver or something. The only issue I could find that looked vaguely related was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/635096 Any idea how I might build a floppy image that could be booted on VirtualBox? Laurence -- Ubuntu-cloud mailing list Ubuntu-cloud@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-cloud
