[OpenIndiana-discuss] oi_147 crashes host under VirtualBox 3.2.8r64453, host Mac OS X 10.6.4

[Ian Collins]

On 09/18/10 03:06 PM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> oi_147 crashes host under VirtualBox 3.2.8r64453, host Mac OS X 10.6.4
>
> But another VM under the same, except running an updated OSol2009.06,
> works fine, as do all my other assorted VMs.
>
> Somewhere in there I had installed ZFS for the Mac (from google code, since
> Apple gave up on it), but took that off in case it was somehow involved
> (memory pressure maybe); however, the crash happens even with it removed and
> a reboot to make sure it's gone.
>
> Originally it worked enough to try an upgrade from b134 (which failed,
> apparently), and also to do a fresh install in a new VM.  But from the
> first time I tried to boot off of the "disk" for the new VM following
> installation, it crashes the host.
>
> I can try blowing away the "disk", creating a new one, and re-installing.
> Not much else I can think of to try.
>
> This rings a sort of dim bell about problems under VirtualBox, but I
> can't seem to find whatever it is I thought I'd seen.
>
>    
I'm running an oi_147 VM on an Opensolaris host without any problems.  I 
upgraded it from b134 and everything looks OK.

There might be a Mac specific VirtualBox bug?

-- 
Ian.