Centos 5.3 64bit boot problem

[instigator]

I was virtual box running on Windows 7 RC and have now transferred to mac, but when i open the vdi file in mac and try and boot centos 5.3 x64 i get this error message and it doesn't boot:

Memory for crash kernel (0x0 to 0x0) notwithin permissible range

Kernel alive
kernel direct mapping tables up to 100000000 @ 8000-d000


does anyone know what the problem could be? i have tried lots of different settings for the virtual including the memory size and it is set on redhat 64 as the OS at the current time. I have tried different options and i received the same result.

[instigator]

got it sorted.

for anyone else who is having this problem, try this:

enable IO APIC, then when booting edit the boot command by adding noapic parameter. No idea why this fixed the issue for me, but im just happy its working.

If this does fix it for you, you will probably want to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst so it will automatically add the parameter when booting the virtual.

[nreaction]

Instigator,

Thank you so much for posting your fix, my windows xp crashed and my web application was stored on the VM and i couldn't figure out how to get past that Memory Crash. thank you again

nreaction

[rpmurray]

enable IO APIC, then when booting edit the boot command by adding noapic parameter. No idea why this fixed the issue for me, but im just happy its working.

According to the VirtualBox manual, you have to enable IO APIC if you want to run a 64-bit guest.

Page 48 (VB 3.1.0)
Note: Enabling the I/O APIC is required for 64-bit guest operating systems,
especially Windows Vista; it is also required if you want to use more than one
virtual CPU in a virtual machine.

[gimel]

enable IO APIC

I just enabled it without changing grub and it works. I have the warning but the boot process continues.

Thanks for the hint.

According to the VirtualBox manual, you have to enable IO APIC if you want to run a 64-bit guest.

Oh, never read that anywhere.
Thanks.