VirtualBox

Ticket #3927 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 6 months ago

Last modified 3 weeks ago

Centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot (Phenom II; AMD-V) -> fixed in SVN

Reported by: draeath Assigned to:
Priority: major Component: other
Version: VirtualBox 2.2.2 Keywords:
Cc: draeath@gmail.com Guest type: Linux
Host type: Linux

Description

Host system: Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 (NX/VT/PAE etc supported)
Guest: Centos 5.3 x86_64 netinstall media (cdrom iso)

The guest will not boot properly. isolinux runs and presents menus correctly, but the kernel hangs with the following lines displayed (with vbox utilizing 100% of a host CPU)
Kernel alive
kernel direct mapping tables up to 100000000 @ 8000-d000

The isolinux menu boots the kernel with only the initrd specified, no other parameters are passed (such as quiet)

I have attached a .tgz archive containing the machine's XML and a VBox.log

Quick summary of guest (and VM) settings:
OS Type: Linux 2.6 (64 bit)
Base Memory: 512 MB (of 4 GB)
Video Memory: 16 MB (of 512 MB)
Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk
ACPI: Enabled
IO APIC: Enabled
VT-X/AMD-V: Enabled (required for 64-bit guest. Supported by hardware)
Nested Paging: Enabled
PAE/NX: Enabled
3D Acceleration: Enabled

Hard Disks: One empty 10 GB image

CD-DVD: ISO (CentOS5-5.3-x86_64-netinstall.iso)
md5sum (binary mode): 7dec88e4147d6d90785ca57501af807e
obtain from: http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/

Audio: ALSA (ICH AC97 mode)

Network: Intel PRO/1000MT Desktop (bridged mode)

USB fully enabled, no filters defined

Attachments

centos-5.3-amd64.tgz (9.7 kB) - added by draeath on 2009-05-04 23:08:03.
machine xml and log file
centos-5.3-amd64.xml (3.4 kB) - added by draeath on 2009-05-05 19:10:17.
machine XML
VBox.log (44.5 kB) - added by draeath on 2009-05-05 19:10:41.
execution log
VBox.2.log (43.4 kB) - added by nylan75 on 2009-05-06 09:15:44.
VBox.slackware64.log (33.2 kB) - added by Cherife on 2009-05-22 03:54:56.
64-bit slackware guest on 32-bit slackware host
Cent53_amd64_phenom3.tar.gz (17.3 kB) - added by cwadge on 2009-05-30 10:20:43.
CentOS 5.3/AMD64 | VirtualBox 2.2.4 | AMD Phenom 2 (955) | Linux 2.6.29.4 x86

Change History

2009-05-04 23:08:03 changed by draeath

  • attachment centos-5.3-amd64.tgz added.

machine xml and log file

2009-05-05 09:21:09 changed by sandervl73

The archive appears corrupted. Please attach the VBox.log as a textfile so I don't have to download and unpack it first.

2009-05-05 15:10:27 changed by nylan75

Same Problem with the CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso

Same config as above except: 3d acceleration disabled

2009-05-05 19:10:17 changed by draeath

  • attachment centos-5.3-amd64.xml added.

machine XML

2009-05-05 19:10:41 changed by draeath

  • attachment VBox.log added.

execution log

2009-05-05 19:11:42 changed by draeath

Sorry, individual files uploaded. Somehow, I managed to recursively gzip the tar archive several times.

2009-05-06 09:15:44 changed by nylan75

  • attachment VBox.2.log added.

2009-05-11 16:06:29 changed by frank

draeath, does it make any difference if you disable nested paging for that VM?

2009-05-11 19:12:48 changed by draeath

No changes to the observed behaviour

2009-05-22 03:54:56 changed by Cherife

  • attachment VBox.slackware64.log added.

64-bit slackware guest on 32-bit slackware host

2009-05-22 04:03:29 changed by Cherife

Running Virtualbox 2.2.2 on slackware linux (32bit) and tried to install slackware64 (64bit) as guest. The Intel VT-x is enabled. I've read about the 64-bit guest section in the UserManual?.pdf. I've also tried to install RHEL5.2 (64bit) guest. Almost the same issue, the host become non-responsive (hang), some times the host auto-reboot, after the guest installation loaded initrd.img.

The log file has been attached.

Thanks!

2009-05-22 09:56:09 changed by sandervl73

Cherife: your problem is different. Please open another defect.

Draeath: this looks like a duplicate.

2009-05-22 09:58:12 changed by sandervl73

  • summary changed from vbox 2.2.2 - centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot to vbox 2.2.2 - centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot (Phenom II; AMD-V).

Similar to #3923, but not quite the same.

2009-05-22 09:58:27 changed by sandervl73

  • summary changed from vbox 2.2.2 - centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot (Phenom II; AMD-V) to Centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot (Phenom II; AMD-V).

2009-05-30 10:20:43 changed by cwadge

  • attachment Cent53_amd64_phenom3.tar.gz added.

CentOS 5.3/AMD64 | VirtualBox 2.2.4 | AMD Phenom 2 (955) | Linux 2.6.29.4 x86

(in reply to: ↑ description ) 2009-05-30 23:06:39 changed by draeath

I've changed my host system to Debian stable. Recreating the machines with vbox 2.2.4 r47978 the same behavior occurs, however an i386 CentOS guest does boot correctly.

This seems to be for a x86_64 CentOS guest only.

2009-06-07 01:52:33 changed by nkinchev

CentOS 5.3/4.7 AMD64 | VirtualBox 2.2.4 | AMD Phenom 9850

Host - Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows 7 same behavior

Guest - CentOS 5.3 and 4.7 / AMD64 same behavior

It looks any CentOS 64bit kernel doesn't boot.

2009-06-10 12:06:38 changed by sandervl73

nylan75: you have disabled the IO-APIC somehow. 64 bits guests will not work without it.

2009-06-10 14:26:55 changed by sandervl73

  • summary changed from Centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot (Phenom II; AMD-V) to Centos 5.3 x86_64 guest will not boot (Phenom II; AMD-V) -> fixed in SVN.

Reproduced and fixed in SVN. Will be included in the next version.

2009-06-30 15:04:26 changed by sandervl73

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

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