fresh installation fails after upgrade in vm

pythonscript · 2009-07-12 20:40:27

I just installed arch as a virtualbox guest on my ubuntu host system, and the install runs flawlessly. However, I ran pacman -Syu, upgraded the system, and now it won't boot. The last text I see is loading udev, then the virtual machine aborts. Any idea why this is happening or how I can fix it? This is the third time I've installed the system, and it hasn't worked since, so now I'm hoping there is a better solution. Thanks!

EDIT: Virtual machine has 512 MB of ram, a 6 GB hard disk and around 800 MB of swap. Any other specs I need to mention? I just loaded a standard base install. Wow, stupid, I forgot the vbox log file. Hope this makes more sense of it!

Log created: 2009-07-12T20:45:57.700588000Z
Executable: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
Arg[0]: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
Arg[1]: --comment
Arg[2]: ArchLinux
Arg[3]: --startvm
Arg[4]: 424bd7d1-a7e7-4be0-927d-8eaaf6f758d8
Crash in patch code ff06af3f (c0307aa8) esp=cfbb1d58
Patch state=4 flags=10c0081 fDirty=4
<NULL>

Last edited by pythonscript (2009-07-12 22:10:37)

djszapi · 2009-07-13 22:55:43

What's in your syslog ?

What does it mean "The last text I see is loading udev" ? Kernel panic or hanging around but you can restart with alt + sysrq + S/U/B keys?

Allan · 2009-07-13 22:57:36

I saw somewhere about VirtualBox having issues with the 2.6.30 kernel...

pythonscript · 2009-07-13 23:59:35

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Arch boots, but crashes after trying it says to load the udev modules. Terminal shows "Loading udev" before it crashes.
djszapi, I don't know what you mean with your key combination, because that doesn't do anything inside my vm.

Allan, does this mean I just wait until a newer version of the linux kernel comes out and install that? If I reinstall with an older kernel, any tutorials on that? I installed the vm to try to learn how to use archlinux (being an arch newbie) so I'm still getting used to it. Thanks!

RoseBud · 2009-07-20 16:11:34

This looks like the same problem I've been having with my Arch install inside a VirtualBox VM. It looks like the problem is the new Linux kernel (2.6.30) that was recently released. It looks like the solution to this problem is to install an older version of the kernel until they fix the problem upstream. The thread at http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74787 has some information on how to do this.

Hope this helps get you back on your feet. Sometimes getting Arch up and running can be a little rough, but its still my favorite flavor

djszapi · 2009-09-04 05:25:33

It's available to fix the new kernel issue problem.
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.0.6_BETA1/

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#1 2009-07-12 20:40:27

fresh installation fails after upgrade in vm

#2 2009-07-13 22:55:43

Re: fresh installation fails after upgrade in vm

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Re: fresh installation fails after upgrade in vm

#4 2009-07-13 23:59:35

Re: fresh installation fails after upgrade in vm

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