[OpenIndiana-discuss] Yikes my new install is frozeup in Vbox

[Harry Putnam]

Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> writes:

[...]

> Its a vm using vbox on win7 64 bit.
>
> I did something while scripting up some rsync and zfs snapshot
> scripts.  Maybe a few too many clicks or something... I don't know but
> the mouse and keyboard froze up... I waited a good while but it didn't
> thaw. 
>
> Ok since I'm in a vm, I hit right CTRL which frees the mouse back to
> the parent OS.  And tried shutting down the stuck OS.  Well it looked
> like it came down but now when I try to restart it, first off the
> button says "Aborted" rather than "Powered Down".  And when I try ot
> start it, well, it comes a little ways but then I get message box that
> says 'starting OS' and a graph bar holding at 20%.  It never goes any
> farther.
>
> I tried out waiting it but it is well and truly stuck.  Oh, and forgot
> to mention that when it was apparently down I changed the CD so it
> pointed back at the OI live disc... but I don't think its getting far
> enough to see that.  It just goes right into the graph bar that never
> grows.
>
> I'm hoping there may be a fellow vm user who may have seen something
> like this and know of some kind of tricky cure.

Sorry about the line noise.  I always forget how much can be fixed on
windows by a reboot.  It must be the most often rebooted OS on the
planet. 

So, after a reboot my problems went away... and the best part is, even
the time-slider started working.... just like nothing had happened.

Oh well, I guess I can live with not knowning why all the trouble
cropped up.... but I dare say it has a very heavy component of 'pilot error'.