Red Hat Linux 7 as guest crashes VirtualBox

[Technologov]

Red Hat Linux 7 (2.2 kernel) crashes VirtualBox. It happens on kernel boot, right after boot loader.

This crash doesn't look like a normal crash (no error messages), it just closes the VM window immediately.

Software: openSUSE 10.2 Linux, VirtualBox 1.3.4 Full.

-Alexey Eremenko

[Technologov]

To maker life easier for you, I have decided to put a ISO for download.

Red Hat Linux 7 ISO link:

​http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=check_download&ufid=5E593B076DC3ABB6&key=19137d077e823eb1ca84093007dddbe819bbbfaa

Steps to reproduce:

1. download this image

2. start a virtual Box 1.3.4 with this ISO inside

3. press enter to start installing RHL 7

4. VirtualBox will crash

NOTE: due to many conversions this file got, ISO's checksum will not be original, but the rpm's that are inside are 100% original. Original or not, it should NOT crash VirtualBox.

Additional info: Red Hat Linux 7 is an ancient Linux Operating system, released in 2000, running on kernel 2.2. It has KDE 1 and GNOME 1.

-Alexey Eremenko

[Achim Hasenmueller]

Thanks for the testcase. We will look into it. You are correct: it should not crash VirtualBox. Most likely it causes a guru meditation (a release assertion to aid debugging).

[Achim Hasenmueller]

I can reproduce the problem. It triggers a situation we have not implemented support for yet. We will probably look into it but it has a low priority

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Doesn't crash here. I get up to the textmode selection box for language. Could be the same thing as the syllable bug you reported before.

[Technologov]

Fix verified. This doesn't crash on boot now.

Tested on: Windows Vista, VBox 1.4.0.

RHL 7 still crashes in the mid of install stage however.