RE: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

[Matthew Sacks]

Thank you!

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On Monday, 1 August 2022 01:46:32 BST Matthew Sacks wrote:
> The vbox log and screenshot are all I have to go off. Next time I”ll provide
> that upfront. New to these parts (gentoo lists).

No problem.  :-)

> It crashes on boot actually to answer your question.

I've always run VBox on a linux host, so I am not familiar with MSWindows host
peculiarities.  However, I would think VBox on MSWindows would/should be plug
'n play.

>From what you've shown you're experiencing a kernel crash of the VM at boot.
I'd start by looking at the configuration of the linux kernel you're trying to
boot and at the same time consider the settings of the VM appropriate for your
hardware, e.g. use AHCI/NVMe for storage instead of PIIX, add more than one
CPU, adequate memory, etc.

Starting with these recommendations for Gentoo guests should get you in the
right ballpark:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VirtualBox#Gentoo_guests

PS.  When you boot the Live media within the VM to install Gentoo make sure
you boot it as legacy BIOS or as UEFI and configure VBox to match.

RE: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

[Matthew Sacks]

The vbox log and screenshot are all I have to go off. Next time I”ll provide 
that upfront. New to these parts (gentoo lists).

It crashes on boot actually to answer your question.

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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

On 7/31/22 09:27, Matthew Sacks wrote:
I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or something.

Please learn how to ask for help.  You have provided next to no useful 
information.  From the other thread, you provided a log, and the fact that you 
are trying to run a Gentoo guest on a Windows (which version?) host.  Which 
version of VB?  The latter might matter, as there have been some reports of 
VBox instability, although I believe those are on Linux hosts, not guests.

In the other thread, you mention that the crash happens on shutting down.  How 
did you shut down?  Have you tried other ways?  Have you checked the virtualbox 
forums for similar reports?

Jack

RE: [gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

[Matthew Sacks]

It crashes then I shut it down yeah.

Maybe a screenshot will help?

Attached.




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On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 6:40 AM Matthew Sacks 
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> I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or something.
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So I'm not all that good at reading VBox log files but I don't see anything
obvious showing  a VBox problem. It looks like it starts booting and somewhere
around 20 seconds it gives up and then a minute later you shut the VM down.

Is this basically what happened?

So when Gentoo is booting what do you see in the VM's boot screen?

You appear to be running Win 11 as a host which I have no experience with.

Mark

[gentoo-user] virtualbox woes

[Matthew Sacks]

I cant get gentoo to run on virtualbox, segfaults or core dumps or something.

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