On Dec 5, 2011 8:35 AM, "Harry Putnam" <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > > Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> writes: > > > 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. > > I'll try that, but I think I've noticed what is missing when I clicked > on the storage tab and then on the sata controller... it shows type > AHCI and that suddenly rang a bell. I think that may be it... but > right now I've ditched the vm I was trying to setup and started over. > So I'll be a little while getting to the boot from disc stage again. >
Just before emerging the source, you really should tarball *everything* (except /proc, /sys, /var/tmp/*, and /usr/portage/distfiles/*), so you can just 'pick up where you left it' :-) Rgds,
