Bug#510853: lenny kernel linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 will not boot as virtualbox guest
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
Version: 2.6.26-12
Severity: important
Hi,
virtualization is becoming more and more common, especially for people doing bug
testing. This is how I stumbled upon the following error which I hope can be
fixed before lenny becomes stable.
The kernel linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 will not boot when run as a virtualbox guest
on a 686 host. The -486 version runs fine and is an acceptable workaround. The
2.6.18 kernel from etch works in the -686 flavour as well.
The kernel crashes immediately after grub ran and it takes the whole virtual
machine with it. Thus, I have no log.
My advice to others running into this issue is to install the -486 lenny kernel
until there is a fix.
Regards
Rolf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92n tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 recommends:
pn libc6-i686 <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 suggests:
ii grub 0.97-47lenny1 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v
pn linux-doc-2.6.26 <none> (no description available)
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