If you would like to find a solution until then, please message me in private, I've got a 3.0.5 pre-relase working version for linux/windows too.
]]>00:00:51.424 PATM: patmR3RefreshPatch: succeeded to refresh patch at c01084d0
00:00:51.590 PATM: Failed to refresh dirty patch at c01636c0. Disabling it.
00:00:52.191 PIT: mode=0 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:52.365 PATM: patmR3RefreshPatch: succeeded to refresh patch at c01845f0
00:00:57.854 PATM: Failed to refresh dirty patch at c01256f0. Disabling it.
00:00:59.567 PATM: Disable block at c04f127c - write c04f130f-c04f1313
00:00:59.597 PATM: Disable block at c050ec7c - write c050ecec-c050ecf0
00:01:02.228
00:01:02.228 !!Assertion Failed!!
00:01:02.228 Expression: pVM->patm.s.pGCStateHC->fPIF == 1
00:01:02.228 Location : /home/vbox/vbox-2.2.4/src/VBox/VMM/PATM/PATM.cpp(6137) int PATMR3HandleTrap(VM*, CPUMCTX*, RTRCPTR, RTGCPTR*)
00:01:02.228 Crash in patch code fefc3415 (c0154858) esp=ce3efe74
00:01:02.228 Patch state=4 flags=10c0081 fDirty=2
00:01:02.228 <NULL>
My Virtualbox is v3.0.4 but I have also tried the previous version. I'm running it under Ubuntu 9.04 with kernel 2.6.28-15.
EDIT: I have also tried with 3 different cd image files. All the images with PATA and IDE settings.
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