On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > > 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? >
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,
