Isn't the point of boot order that if the first in the list is not bootable it will fall to the next? When the virtual hard drive was failing, why wouldn't it fall to the CD?
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Isn't the point of boot order that if the first in the list is not bootable it will fall to the next? When the virtual hard drive was failing, why wouldn't it fall to the CD? -- Drew |
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Not so simple.
For the BIOS, "failed to boot" means "media not there". The hard disk is there. As far as the BIOS is concerned, it's booting. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/ |
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DING DING DING!
-- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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Makes sense
-- Drew |
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So... were you able to fix it?
-- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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Yup
Followed the rescue instructions and it looked like it failed. Restarted and it came up, but the display was horked. Restarted again and it's copacetic. Seamless mode still doesn't work, but fulscreen is good enough. -- Drew |
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You'll have to...
reinstall the VBOX additions... again and let it compile the modules again. I've had zero problem with VBOX and seamless mode. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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With Unity?
The people I see reporting this same issue say it's with Unity and or distros based on Gnome 3. -- Drew |
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Hmmm... funny.
I'll have to hold me nose and pretend it is an election year. I'd D/L it and run unity... and see. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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That's interesting
While I was looking through the other reports of this to see if there was any activity, someone mentioned a neat trick I didn't know was possible. In seamless mode you can drag a Windows program icon onto the Ubuntu launcher - assuming your launcher is working. -- Drew |
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Hmmm I have it working.
I have seamless working and also the auto-resize guest working in non-seamless mode. Sorry. I don't know how to help, other than install the guest additions and restart completely (shutdown and start) Cheers. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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You got me back to useable, I'll take that, thanks
-- Drew |
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Re: Question
The partition is marked as bootable. That is the Flag the BIOS looks for. But since you (yes you! laddie!) screwed it up... it no worky, but the BIOS/whatever has completed its job properly. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
Broken grub on a VM
- (drook)
- (18)
- June 10, 2014, 01:51:09 PM EDT
Where is this VM located?
- (folkert)
- (17)
- June 10, 2014, 03:00:04 PM EDT
VirtualBox, and no CD drive
- (drook)
- (16)
- June 10, 2014, 03:17:32 PM EDT
Ok...
- (folkert)
- (15)
- June 10, 2014, 03:39:33 PM EDT
Ah, selecting device from menu got it, thanks
- (drook)
- (14)
- June 10, 2014, 03:51:16 PM EDT
If you want to be able to boot from CD/DVD all the time...
- (folkert)
- (13)
- June 10, 2014, 04:05:23 PM EDT
Question
- (drook)
- (12)
- June 10, 2014, 04:25:39 PM EDT
Not so simple.
- (static)
- (10)
- June 10, 2014, 05:12:41 PM EDT
DING DING DING!
-NT
- (folkert)
- June 10, 2014, 05:16:00 PM EDT
Makes sense
-NT
- (drook)
- (8)
- June 10, 2014, 08:50:30 PM EDT
So... were you able to fix it?
-NT
- (folkert)
- (7)
- June 10, 2014, 09:01:57 PM EDT
Yup
- (drook)
- (6)
- June 10, 2014, 09:37:40 PM EDT
You'll have to...
- (folkert)
- (5)
- June 10, 2014, 09:39:22 PM EDT
With Unity?
- (drook)
- (4)
- June 11, 2014, 10:45:45 AM EDT
Hmmm... funny.
- (folkert)
- (3)
- June 11, 2014, 11:33:30 AM EDT
That's interesting
- (drook)
- (2)
- June 11, 2014, 11:47:48 AM EDT
Hmmm I have it working.
- (folkert)
- (1)
- June 11, 2014, 12:44:36 PM EDT
You got me back to useable, I'll take that, thanks
-NT
- (drook)
- June 11, 2014, 01:54:16 PM EDT
Re: Question
- (folkert)
- June 10, 2014, 05:17:31 PM EDT
