VirtualBox on Genode

[Alexander Boettcher]

Hello,

On 05.09.2016 10:05, Yevgeny Lavrov wrote:
> while testing it via Qemu, I ran into the following issue: once Tinycore
> Linux reaches "Booting the kernel" phase, it hangs, and the following msg
...
> [init -> virtualbox] Using SVM virtualization extension.
...
> [init -> virtualbox] fb resize : 2560x1600 at ...64... -> 720x400 at ...361...
> [init -> virtualbox] fb resize : 720x400 at ...64... -> 640x480 at ...362...
> [init -> virtualbox] fb resize : 640x480 at ...64... -> 720x400 at ...361...
> [ 0] Killed EC:0xffffffff83282b80 SC:0xffffffff83219740 V:0x7f
> CR0:0x80050033 CR3:0x760000 CR4:0x0 (PT not found)

running Virtualbox inside Qemu is not supposed to work well.
Additionally the SVM (AMD virtualization extension) emulated by Qemu is
not tested nor maintained by us. So you should run it on native Intel
hardware.

Additionally, if your Linux distro with Genode is running as a VM this
also causes reliable trouble (e.g. Genode VM -> qemu ->
VirtualBox/Genode - Tinycore Linux)

> I've also attempted to create bootable USB from virtualbox.iso via dd.
> While on boot, I got the following msg
> 
> HDD EBIOS
> isolinux.bin missing or corrupt

Just guessing:
- either the image got not correctly to the USB stick
- your BIOS/UEFI does not like your USB stick or has trouble in the USB
boot emulation

Try another USB stick or on another native machine or sometimes
switching the USB ports (on a USB 2 port instead of USB 3) may help.

Alex.