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Ticket #916 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 7 months ago

Dragonflybsd does not work, it hangs when the bootloader is loading => Fixed in SVN

Reported by: aldorgan Assigned to:
Priority: major Component: other
Version: VirtualBox 1.5.2 Keywords:
Cc: Guest type: BSD
Host type: other

Description

Dragonflybsd does not work, it hangs when the bootloader is loading. i have tried to reboot virtual box and tried several times but dragonflybsd won't boot it just comes to the bootloader and then it hangs.

Attachments

pit.patch (1.2 kB) - added by ni81036 on 2009-01-22 11:30:01.
PIT pacth to fix boot hang.

Change History

2008-02-28 07:28:07 changed by hircus

This has happened since version 1.0A: http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2007-04/msg00074.html

2008-05-25 16:51:07 changed by tuxillo

This is being handled in DragonFlyBSD bugtracker. For more details please look here:

http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issue995

2008-05-29 12:25:04 changed by frank

Confirmed. We will look at this problem.

2008-07-09 22:55:55 changed by frank

  • guest changed from other to BSD.

2008-12-10 08:51:11 changed by mneumann

As of VirtualBox 2.0.6 DragonFlyBSD still does not boot.

2009-01-20 11:23:08 changed by tuxillo

Some more information that can help out with this issue:

DragonFlyBSD source code available at: http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git

Exact part of the code which is is related to the issue: http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/blob/HEAD:/sys/platform/pc32/isa/clock.c

DragonFlyBSD Latest ISO Images at: http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/i386/

2009-01-22 11:29:32 changed by ni81036

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

Fix is available in SVN, unfortunately we cannot include it into 2.1.2 release due to lack of testing. Will also attach the patch, so you can apply it yourself.

2009-01-22 11:30:01 changed by ni81036

  • attachment pit.patch added.

PIT pacth to fix boot hang.

2009-01-22 12:24:22 changed by ni81036

  • status changed from closed to reopened.
  • resolution deleted.

2009-01-23 01:01:45 changed by tuxillo

This evening I've compiled lastest SVN trunk with this patch applied on a Gentoo x86_64 (Athlon64x2 3800+) as host.

I've successfully booted DragonFlyBSD and installed it on a small 4GB HDD. The VM has been compiling during 4 hours without any problems, it seemed to be stable. Nevertheless, I will let you know any issue I may encounter.

I would like to thank all the VBox team helping us in this issue.

Kind regards. Antonio Huete

2009-02-17 17:52:53 changed by hircus

Has this been applied to 2.1.4? The Changelog does not mention this bug.

2009-02-17 18:16:48 changed by frank

That fix is in the SVN version but not in 2.1.4. The reason is that this fix is not entirely approved yet.

2009-02-17 18:21:54 changed by hircus

For those of us who use the non-OSE edition of VirtualBox, could the VirtualBox team provide us with test binaries?

2009-03-11 10:03:57 changed by tuxillo

Hi,

Is there any plans to include this change on next VBox release, or it will be kept only for OSE?

Thanks Antonio

2009-03-11 10:38:52 changed by frank

  • summary changed from Dragonflybsd does not work, it hangs when the bootloader is loading. to Dragonflybsd does not work, it hangs when the bootloader is loading => Fixed in SVN.

The fix is applied to current OSE and will be part of the next release.

2009-04-14 10:42:39 changed by tuxillo

Hi

I can't find this fix committed in 2.2.0. Is it committed but not posted on Changelog, or just not committed?

Regards, Antonio

2009-04-14 10:49:08 changed by ni81036

Yes, it is commited. but not mentioned. Does it work for you (I've seen some problems with raw mode)?

2009-04-14 11:59:22 changed by tuxillo

Hi again,

I've been successful in installing/booting the systems. Thank you very much for your support.

I think this ticket can be closed.

Cheers, Antonio

2009-04-14 12:01:37 changed by tuxillo

Btw, what do you mean with raw mode?

2009-04-14 12:40:30 changed by ni81036

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

Raw == no VT-X/AMD-V. Nevermind.

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