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mount_build_disk.sh crashes VM and/or host - SATA timing errors
- Symptom: VM crashes during dd operation, host may also lockup or crash
failure shows up in mount_build_disk.sh when using dd to make a swapfile appears to be https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8511 and
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Workaround - successful workaround was
- Add IDE controller to VBox VM
- move both root and build disks to the IDE controller
- remove SATA controller
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Workaround - untested
- In the bug referenced from Virtualbox above, some users noted success by simply adding "clocksource=jiffies" to the guests kernel command link (in grub.cfg)
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Solution Unknown how to detect hosts with this issue. Possible solution is to provide a script to switch to IDE sata_ide_switch.sh