Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-05 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 08:26:07AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote > That is for the new attempt... I have yet to try booting it, but from > your suggestions it sounds like I may have it right this time. > > I posted another screen grab but never saw it show up here. Trying again > >http://www.jt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-05 Thread Claudio Roberto França Pereira
Yeah, just for simplicity. This way you just have one extended file system driver that works for the second, third and forth version of the file system.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-05 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 6, 2011 8:00 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Claudio Roberto França Pereira writes: > > > From the first post, you've ran, under grub, setup (hd0,0). This > > installs grub on the first partition boot loader, you want to install > > it on the DISK boot loader, on the MBR. Maybe gparted fixed

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Claudio Roberto França Pereira writes: > From the first post, you've ran, under grub, setup (hd0,0). This > installs grub on the first partition boot loader, you want to install > it on the DISK boot loader, on the MBR. Maybe gparted fixed that for > you. The correct way would be to run: > root (

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-05 Thread Claudio Roberto França Pereira
>From the first post, you've ran, under grub, setup (hd0,0). This installs grub on the first partition boot loader, you want to install it on the DISK boot loader, on the MBR. Maybe gparted fixed that for you. The correct way would be to run: root (hd0,0) //indicate where grub stage 1.5 and 2 are.

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: > Yes, I see the latest screenshot now. Must have missed that one. > > Harry, that error almost always indicates you do not have the drivers > for PIIX compiled into the kernel. I assume you are not using an > initramfs so that driver must be compiled in, not a module. > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:20:22 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Dec 5, 2011 8:13 AM, "Alan McKinnon" > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > > > > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > > > > > > > Alan McKinn

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Mick
On Monday 05 Dec 2011 01:25:06 Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted > > > > That's a BIOS error, the vm's kernel and it's drivers have not yet been > > loaded, never mind running when that happens. In this respect a VM > > works just like

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 5, 2011 10:42 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > 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' :-) > > > > That's almost as sl

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
Pandu Poluan writes: > 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' :-) > That's almost as slow as starting over from scratch... hehe.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 5, 2011 8:35 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > 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: > >

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
Pandu Poluan writes: > 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

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: > FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted > > That's a BIOS error, the vm's kernel and it's drivers have not yet been > loaded, never mind running when that happens. In this respect a VM > works just like physical hardware, so what does one do with that error > on phy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 5, 2011 8:13 AM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > > > Harry Putnam writes: > > > > > > > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > >> A Gentoo VM on a Linux host

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 5, 2011 8:01 AM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: > > > On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, "Harry Putnam" wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan writes: > > > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:01:57 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > 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: > > >> > > > >> > [...] > > >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:34:46 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > 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 setti

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
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

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
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. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
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 o

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
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

[gentoo-user] Re: vbox vm no boot

2011-12-04 Thread Harry Putnam
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