Bug 254770

Summary:	Live CD 2008.0 i686 fails to boot under MS Virtual PC 2007 sp1
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Eric Giblock <eric.giblock>
Component:	LiveCD/DVD/USB	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	jer
Priority:	High
Version:	2008.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Eric Giblock 2009-01-13 02:45:45 UTC

when installing using the live cd 2008.0 i686 iso i.   
the first boot option would just freeze on a black screen.
when selecting gentoo --nofb i get the following:

BUG: Int 6: CR2 00000000
.......

blah stuff

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot virtual pc 2007 with iso mounted 
2. options, select the second boot option.
3. see error.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-14 15:07:48 UTC

I wonder what kind of framebuffer/console devices VirtualPC presents to the OS.

Comment 2 Eric Giblock 2009-01-14 15:13:36 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> I wonder what kind of framebuffer/console devices VirtualPC presents to the OS.

i now in the past, to get other distros, i've had to do the following cause of video issues:

ubunu kernel command add:  "vga=791 noreplace-paravirt"
OpenSUSE kernel command add: "noreplace-paravirt i8042.noloop clock=pit" 
Fedora10 kernel command add: "noreplace-paravirt vga=0×32D clocksource=pit psmouse.proto=imps nohz=off"

those are from http://pirate-king.com/episode/3509 
as i know not what i am doing.  just messing around with the stuff.

Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-14 20:34:16 UTC

We don't support booting the media under virtualized environments, especially one that's apparently as screwed up as VirtualPC. If there's an *easy* fix we can apply, we will. However, if other distros have problems too, there's not much we can do.