Virtualbox installation of RHEL5

[Eric Cope]

I enabled IO_APIC and it got past that point of hanging. I'll let you know
how it goes.
Eric

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried acpi=off. Attached is the screen shot. Lisa, can you elaborate
> regarding the VIA processor? This is on a Core 2 Duo machine.
>
> thanks,
> Eric
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
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>> Hi Eric:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I am trying to install RHEL5 within a Virtualbox instance on my windows
>>> pc. It hangs at this line:
>>>
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 2
>>>
>>> Has anyone successfully installed RHEL5 in Virtualbox? What settings did
>>> you use?
>>> I've attached a screen shot of the hanging line.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> Under boot:
>> type: linux acpi=off
>> enter
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>> It can also be due to your VIA CPU - which only VirtualBox developers can
>> help you with:
>>
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/370
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