NetBSD Problem Report #43262

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From: george@galis.org
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Subject: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun VirtualBox (vbox)
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>Number:         43262
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun VirtualBox (vbox)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          closed
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 05 19:55:00 +0000 2010
>Closed-Date:    Thu May 25 05:31:54 +0000 2017
>Last-Modified:  Thu May 25 06:30:01 +0000 2017
>Originator:     George Georgalis
>Release:        netbsd-5-1-RC1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Sun VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox

Unfortunately, a netbsd install drops to the netbsd debugger. There are extensive notes on the VirtualBox ticket system, including a trace:
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3947

Some technical background:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_architecture

>How-To-Repeat:
VirtualBox binaries are available for many platforms, the application is intuitive, I've tried attaching release i386.iso installer and building netbsd-5-1-RC1 installer iso. They fail when detecting any of the available IDE drivers (PIIX3, PIIX4 or ICH6).
>Fix:
A workaround is described in the ticket above... after creating a netbsd instance and attaching an install cdrom, quit the gui application and boot the machine from command line: VBoxSDL --norawr0 --startvm netbsd

Not sure if this is an issue with NetBSD or VirtualBox, but a resolution or better workaround would benefit all. --- thanks

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/43262: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun
	VirtualBox (vbox)
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 08:14:26 +0000

 On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 07:55:00PM +0000, george@galis.org wrote:
  > Sun VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware.
  > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
  > 
  > Unfortunately, a netbsd install drops to the netbsd debugger.

 I thought this had been fixed...? Did it break again, or was it only
 current that started working, or ...?

 You may also be able to find more information by searching the
 current-users or tech-kern archives.

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

From: George Georgalis <george@galis.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/43262: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun
 VirtualBox (vbox)
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 08:28:31 -0700

 On Thu 06 May 2010 at 08:15:05 AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >The following reply was made to PR kern/43262; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 07:55:00PM +0000, george@galis.org wrote:
 >  > Sun VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware.
 >  > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
 >  > 
 >  > Unfortunately, a netbsd install drops to the netbsd debugger.
 > 
 > I thought this had been fixed...? Did it break again, or was it only
 > current that started working, or ...?

 I failed to mention a very important bit. It is purported to work
 with VT-x/AMD-V enabled, unfortunately my hardware doesn't have
 that.  To reproduce the problem that needs to be disabled in the
 virtual machine preferences or the VirtualBox host bios.

 > You may also be able to find more information by searching the
 > current-users or tech-kern archives.

 I could try current today.... but this is the thread I think you
 refer to, it ends with

 from	Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
 cc	current-users@netbsd.org
 date	Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:02 AM
 subject	Re: VirtualBox and Current

 i386-current (5.99.20) is working perfectly under VirtualBox 3.08,
 including Xorg.

 That is, if your host has AMD or Intel virtualization extensions, of course

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/43262: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun
	VirtualBox (vbox)
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 17:28:51 +0000

 On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 03:30:06PM +0000, George Georgalis wrote:
  >  I failed to mention a very important bit. It is purported to work
  >  with VT-x/AMD-V enabled, unfortunately my hardware doesn't have
  >  that.  To reproduce the problem that needs to be disabled in the
  >  virtual machine preferences or the VirtualBox host bios.

 ah! that makes more sense. Sorry about the noise.

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: jdolecek@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 13:29:37 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
VirtualBox 5.1.8 and NetBSD-current seem to work fine. Can you confirm
the problem is fixed?


State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Thu, 25 May 2017 05:31:54 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Feedback timeout.


From: George Georgalis <george@galis.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org, 
	"David A. Holland" <dholland@netbsd.org>
Subject: Re: kern/43262 (install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun VirtualBox (vbox))
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 23:25:03 -0700

 Seem to recall this issue was on early Intel Mac Mini.
 No issue with current HW/SW, no need to reopen.
 Thanks,
 -George

 On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:31 PM,  <dholland@netbsd.org> wrote:
 > Synopsis: install cdrom drops into debugger with Sun VirtualBox (vbox)
 >
 > State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
 > State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
 > State-Changed-When: Thu, 25 May 2017 05:31:54 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Feedback timeout.
 >
 >
 >



 -- 
 George Georgalis, (415) 894-2710, http://www.galis.org/

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