Guru Meditation -2403 (VERR_TRPM_DONT_PANIC) during guest rPath LAMP appliance installation

[smitna]

Description

VirtualBox generates a "Guru Meditation -2403 (VERR_TRPM_DONT_PANIC)" on a wide range of host platforms during a guest installation of the rPath LAMP appliance version 1.3.2.1 (x86).

Steps to reproduce

1. If necessary, download the ​LAMP 1.3.2.1 (x86) ISO image.
2. Create a new Linux 2.6 virtual machine. Set the boot hard disk to a new VDI created with default settings (i.e. dynamically expanding, 8G). Set the CD/DVD-ROM device to the ISO image from step 1.
3. Start the new virtual machine and boot from CD/DVD-ROM.
4. Press the enter key at the "boot:" prompt to install or upgrade in graphical mode.
5. At the "Welcome to LAMP appliance" dialog, click Next.
6. At the "Language Selection" dialog, click Next.
7. At the "Keyboard Configuration" dialog, click Next. The exception is triggered as the installer is "Searching for LAMP appliance installations..." (please see screenshot).

List of affected configurations

VBox version	Host CPU	Host OS	Host OS architecture
1.6.2	Athlon XP	Ubuntu 8.04 (2.6.24-18-generic)	x86
1.6.2	Celeron-M	Foresight Linux 1.4.2 (2.6.22.4-0.0.1.smp.gcc3.4.x86.i686)	x86
1.6.0	Intel Core 2 Duo	WinXP Pro SP2	x86

Notes

This ticket supersedes ticket:1367 and ticket:1492.