running VirtualBox on Genode

Mon Jul 13 11:13:47 CEST 2015

Hello,

On 13.07.2015 11:04, Daren Sin wrote:
> In order to run from my USB, where should I obtain the .iso file from?

The iso image of the VM (test.iso for virtualbox.run) is part of the
generated Genode iso image in your build directory
(<build_dir>/var/run/virtualbox.iso). Just copy the Genode iso to your
usb stick by using dd.

Cheers,

Alex.

> 
> Cheers
> Daren
> 
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Alexander Boettcher <
> alexander.boettcher at ...1...> wrote:
> 
>> On 10.07.2015 10:36, Daren Sin wrote:
>>> Hi Alex and Christian,
>>>
>>> Really really thankful for the advice; apologies for the spoonfeeding as
>>> well. Making changes to virtualbox.run, I've managed to boot up TinyLinux
>>> on QEMU, but while QEMU says "booting kernel", the terminal reflects:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> [init -> virtualbox] attempted to write to non-existing port 0xa79+1 .
>> (02)
>>> [init -> virtualbox] attempted to write to non-existing port 0xa79+1 .
>> (05)
>>> [init -> virtualbox] attempted to write to non-existing port 0xa79+1 .
>> (02)
>>> [init -> virtualbox] attempted to write to non-existing port 0xa79+1 .
>> (00)
>>> [init -> virtualbox] VMM: invalid gueststate
>>> [init -> virtualbox] VMM: invalid gueststate
>>> [init -> virtualbox] VMM: invalid gueststate
>>> [init -> virtualbox] VMM: invalid gueststate
>>
>> I have another workaround to get a bit further, but finally Qemu for me
>> (version 2.1.2 and 2.3.0) dies with an internal failure - so it will of
>> no help to you. Please do as Christian suggested.
>>
>> Alex.
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Alexander Boettcher <
>>> alexander.boettcher at ...1...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> On 10.07.2015 08:13, Daren Sin wrote:
>>>>> [init -> acpi] Could not open ROM session for module "config"
>>>>> [init -> acpi] void* abort(): abort called
>>>>
>>>> That it the actual reason, the acpi driver did not find a configuration
>>>> xml node. The issue got fixed already on current Genode master branch,
>>>> but for now you may apply the following fix [0]. Nevertheless, please
>>>> consider the suggestions of Christian Helmuth.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Alex.
>>>>
>>>> [0]
>>>>
>>>>
>> https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/commit/738ad842f546afef16f3eb642ca3ff5c7c36e0cd
>>>>>
>>>>> What might be the problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Martin Stein <
>>>> martin.stein at ...1...>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Daren,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08.07.2015 04:51, Daren Sin wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've found this
>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/14.02#VirtualBox_on_top_of_the_NOVA_microhypervisor
>>>>>>> and managed to run the /make prepare/ command, but got stuck at the
>>>> next
>>>>>>> one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The 'make prepare' mechanism is outdated. It has been replaced by the
>>>>>> prepare_port command in tool/ports. Call the tool without arguments
>> for
>>>>>> a short manpage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried doing that, but got a /Error: libc is not
>>>>>>> prepared or outdated/ error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The error indicates that the third-party package "libc", which is
>> needed
>>>>>> for your scenario, is missing or too old. You can update it by doing
>>>>>> './prepare_port libc' in tool/ports. There may be further third-party
>>>>>> packages (ports) that need such treatment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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