Bug 459162 - Kernel panic during DVD install in VirtualBox guest
Summary: Kernel panic during DVD install in VirtualBox guest
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-14 19:31 UTC by John McLean
Modified: 2008-10-28 20:09 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-10-28 20:09:58 UTC
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Screenshot of the kernel panic (37.21 KB, image/png)
2008-08-14 19:32 UTC, John McLean
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Description John McLean 2008-08-14 19:31:49 UTC
Description of problem:

When booting from Fedora 10 i386 Alpha Install DVD in VirtualBox 1.6.2, a kernel panic occurs just a few seconds into the boot process.  

VirtualBox guest specs:

General
Name Fedora 10 Alpha
OS Type Linux 2.6
Base Memory 512 MB
Video Memory 128 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 Alpha.vdi [Normal, 8.00 GB]
CD/DVD-ROM Image Fedora-10-Alpha-i386-DVD.iso
Floppy Not mounted
Audio Disabled
Network Adapter 0 PCnet-FAST III (NAT)  
Serial Ports Disabled
USB Disabled
Shared Folders None
Remote Display Disabled

The kernel panic is in this form: 
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

(more detail included in screenshot)


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 kernel panic.

Comment 1 John McLean 2008-08-14 19:32:48 UTC
Created attachment 314347 [details]
Screenshot of the kernel panic

Comment 2 John McLean 2008-08-14 19:54:52 UTC
Note: The Kernel Panic occurs on both a Fixed-size hard disk image and a Dynamically expanding hard disk image.

Comment 3 Chuck Ebbert 2008-09-04 20:46:54 UTC
Can you capture the entire oops? Booting the kernel with 'vga=1' should give you 50-line text mode...

Comment 4 Christopher D. Stover 2008-10-28 20:08:21 UTC
John, you haven't had this issue with more recent versions of the install CD have you?

Comment 5 Christopher D. Stover 2008-10-28 20:09:58 UTC
According to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog this should be fixed in
VirtualBox 2.0.2 (released 2008-09-12).  Please add another comment if you're
still having problems.


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