Bug 465808

Summary: F10 Beta: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer in VirtualBox 1.6.2
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jaroslav Reznik 2008-10-06 14:58:57 UTC
Created attachment 319565 [details]
Serial console log

Description of problem:

When booting from Fedora 10 i386 Beta Install DVD in VirtualBox 1.6.2, unable to handle kernel NULL pointer occurs.

VirtualBox guest specs:
General
Name Fedora 10 Beta
OS Type Fedora
Base Memory 512 MB
Video Memory 8 MB
Boot Order Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk
ACPI Enabled
IO APIC Disabled
VT-x/AMD-V Disabled
PAE/NX Disabled
Hard Disks IDE Primary Master Fedora 10 Beta.vdi [Normal, 8.00 GB] CD/DVD-ROM
Image Fedora-10-Beta-i386-DVD.iso
Floppy Not mounted
Audio Disabled
Network Adapter 0 PCnet-FAST III (NAT)
Serial Ports Port 0 COM1, Host Pipe (/tmp/vcom)
USB Disabled
Shared Folders None
Remote Display Disabled
 
How reproducible:

Very -- Occurs at every attempt to boot.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Start up the VM with the DVD image loaded.
2.  When the initial Fedora menu appears, select "Install or upgrade an
existing system"
3.  Wait for bug.

Comment 1 Jaroslav Reznik 2008-10-06 15:24:45 UTC
Created attachment 319566 [details]
VirtualBox log

Comment 2 Chuck Ebbert 2008-10-08 17:14:08 UTC
The latest stable vbox is 1.6.6, can you try that? This looks like a vbox bug...

Comment 3 Jaroslav Reznik 2008-10-09 08:16:14 UTC
Ops, sorry. I didn't realize that VBox is not in repository, so I don't have latest version. It's working with Virtual Box 2.0.2. Thank you...