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Hi,

I am facing "Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception" during RHEL 5.3 x86_64 reboot.
Following are the steps performed till now:

1. Successfully installed RHEL 5.3 x86_64 OS in Virtualbox
2. Rebooted the Linux VM
3. Installed Linux Guest Additions. After this when I tried to reboot Linux VM, kernel panic issue occurred. Issue is persistent and Linux VM is not rebooting since then.

I created this Linux VM on 64 bit Windows 7 host machine, processor is Intel Core i5-3320M CPU@2.60 GHz, 8 GB RAM.
My Laptop model is HP EliteBook.
Virtualbox version is 4.3.12.
I need guest additions to be installed as I need to do Oracle RAC installation.

After reading few threads related to this issue, I tried with lower version of Virtualbox - 4.2.6 just in case to verify if its a bug related to particular release.
Still the same issue even with a lower version.

Tried with the settings as stated in one of the threads :
Go to your virtual machine -> Settings -> System
Then change Chipset from PIIX3 to ICH9 and enable "Enable IO APIC"

Still the same issue.
Attaching the error screenshot and few Virtualbox logs for reference.

Kindly help.


Regards,
Srinivas

Have you tried a cold boot of the guest?

Hi,

Linux reboot is working fine. Issue occurs only if I install Guest Addition in Linux.


Regards,
Srinivas