Hello Alexey, Here is the post to the Kernel Mailing List describing the bug and containing the fix (hope I have got the URL right this time).
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/16/299 For the record, Ubuntu managed to back port the bug to their 2.6.17 kernel in Edgy, and even to the 2.6.15 server kernel in Dapper. As far as I know, OpenSUSE 10.2 contains a buggy kernel, so random boot failures are to be expected. (This may also mean that it never works on some systems, or again that it works without problems on others). Regards, Michael Alexey Eremenko wrote: > hi all ! > > Where can I find some explanation on the topic of kernel 2.6.18 and VBox ? > > According to Innotek: > Kernels 2.6.18 to 2.6.18.2 contain a race condition (which was > unfortunately backported to the Ubuntu 6.06 Server and 6.10 kernels) > that can cause boot crashes in virtual machines. > > My problem: > I need info, because openSUSE 10.2 sometimes fails to boot, after .vdi > being copied from Windows to Linux Host. But if I install and use the > VM on the same host OS, no problem happens. openSUSE 10.2 is based on > linux 2.6.18.2. > > I want to know if my problem is anyhow connected to Innotek's explanation. > Is there any link about that topic ? > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
