[PLUG] HELP! Thinkpad hangs at BIOS

[Rick]

Have you tried transferring one of the VM's to another computer running a
compatible (or same) VM "manager" (VirtualBox, etc.)?

This would potentially serve 2 purposes:
1) Verify that the VM itself is not the problem - more precisely, it would
act as a data point to help you draw conclusions/narrow down where the
problem may exist (it wouldn't necessary rule anything 100% "out", or "in").
2) Give you a way of using/accessing your critical apps/data while you work
to get things working as desired again.

Also... you might want to build a quick-and-dirty NEW VM (from standard
install media/iso)... just as another data point in isolating the problem.

Just some thoughts.

-Rick

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:33 AM, MJang <mike at linuxexam.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 08:59 -0800, Russell Johnson wrote:
> > On Feb 15, 2012, at 9:57 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I no sooner than hit the Send button after typing that on my
> > > desktop computer, and suddenly the Thinkpad started booting. Fedora
> > > came up normally, and here I am.
> >
> > As to what the root problem is, I like your heat theory. If it were me,
> I would clean out any ports, and possibly disassemble enough of the system
> to get at any fans to blow those out.
>
> I know I've had load problems on my T410 when I've run Virtualbox...
> might try getting a baseline before you try again, i.e. get the current
> temp on your system with the following command.
>
> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature
>
> and of course for current load
>
> top
>
> John, I wonder if Virtualbox is locking up your system by overloading
> your CPU.
>
> Side bit, possibly unrelated -- I can't run Virtualbox and KVM
> simultaneously.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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