Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> writes: > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: >> >> Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: >> >> > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@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 :-)
Yes it is, and its missing because I have no idea what it wants. Do you?
