Gentoo in virtualbox[Solved]

wildmanne39 · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 49

Hi, does anyone know do I n eed to do anything extra with the modules or kernel to run gentoo inside virtualbox that it where I am installing it, so I can learn with out causing any major damage. Thanks again for your help.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

I do not believe you need anything special to get it to boot up. The guest additions will be necessary if you intend to run Gentoo as a fully integrated guest OS.
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wildmanne39 · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 49

Hi, thank you for your help, I rebooted after I finished the install but it will not boot at all, It does not show a boot medium.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

Could it be that you missed installing the boot loader?
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naturegirl · n00b Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Beijing

I also just installed gentoo inside virtualbox recently.
I followed these instructions:

http://blog.jolexa.net/2008/07/10/howto-gentoo-guest-os-in-virtualbox/
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Virtualbox_Guest

I think the gentoo wiki is pretty short cut, so you have to make sure to also follow the installation doc correctly.

Furthermore you have to make sure to pick the correct hardware.
I had to change the network card from Intel/PRO 1000 MT Desktop(NAT) to PCnet-FAST III(NAT) for the internet to work.

wildmanne39 · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 49

Hi, I got the kernel to load now it says device block not found and something about not finding the root partition. I post the results of several test to a site like a post told me to but then that post is closed now so I dont know if anyone will read the information I put on the site,it is at http//paste.pocoo.org/show/367627. The rest of the info is at the same site with these numbers after show 367628,367629,367630,367631. Thanks to everyone for your help and if anyone will look at the information at this site I think it will probably be an easy way to fix my problem. Thanks again you all are great at helping people out.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

If the kernel is loading but can't find the root, it is probably a problem with the /etc/fstab file. If you could post that, we can take a look at it.

If your kernel is loading, then its not a grub problem.
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wildmanne39 · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 49

Did you take a look at everything I posted at the site I listed in my last postng? It had a lot of information I used wgetpaste like I had been instructed to do, When I try to just look at the etc/fstab it told me permission denied, but I could not just copy and paste it here because it is inside virtualbox and it wont let me but I think that is one of the things that wgetpaste let me put on that site as stated in my other post. thanks for your reply.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

Its not in your previous post.
if you run

wildmanne39 · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 49

/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0

shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0

this is what my etc/fstab file says. I typed sd it reads. Thank you for your help and looking at this file.

naturegirl · n00b Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Beijing

you have to change the capital letters to the corresponding hardware. It should be something like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1
I think you should be able to see with the mount command. Otherwise also when you partitioned your disk with fdisk you had to
write the appropriate device path.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

It will NOT be /dev/hda! "hda" is deprecated and a new install will DEFIANTLY use /dev/sda!

If you fallowed the handbook, then it will look like this:

wildmanne39 · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Posts: 49

Hi, thank you so much that fixed the boot problem. I have not figure out how to mark this solved. Thanks again now I can see what other programs and gui's I can install.

naturegirl · n00b Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Beijing