Booting Linux in Parallels from Disk Partition

I just installed Mandriva 2008 on my MacBook Pro into a native partition, /dev/sda3, along with a swap partition, /dev/sda4.

When I try to run from this partition within Parallels by issuing the following command at the grub commandline which appears when I boot from it:

grub> configfile (hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst

I get the following error:

Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS

Now there was a partial solution at this closed thread

http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=10926

and I made sure my /dev/sda3 partition is before 132 GiB, but still doesn't work. Is it because of my swap partition (location past the 132 GiB limit)? Any help would be appreciated.

[And yes, the partition boots natively fine.]

 

Hello,

did you create a .pvs file? If so, please provide me with this file.
Also please run in Terminal the following command:
diskutil list
And provide me with output of this command.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

Hi Stacey,

Thanks for responding.

The .pvs file is as follows. Please note that the heads and sectors lines for Disk 0:0 used to have non-zero entries of 16 and 63 respectively, but I changed them to zero to see if that would help the situation.
[System]
App Version = 3.0.4560
Boot = c
Parallels VM Name = My Boot Camp
VM Id = {8897f85d-ab12-4a73-aff3-3738489cda8d}
VM Description =
OS Type = 147
Memory = 1500
Video Memory = 16
Memory block size = 10
Acceleration level = 2
Enable write-back disk cache = 1
VT-x support = 1
Start auto = 0
AutoShutdown = 0
Start full screen = 21
Start dashmode = 0
Start full screen warning = 1
PC Speaker enable = 1
Window Mode = 0
Application Doc Icon = 1
Multi frame = -1
Guest Tools Status = -1
Undo Disks = 0
Undo Disk Uuid = {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
DirectX support = 0
[Shared folders]
Shared folders enabled = 1
Sharing enabled = 0
Shared folders count = 0
[Windows sharing]
Windows sharing enabled = 1
AutoMount enabled = 1
[Video]
Video resolutions enabled = 1
Video resolutions count = 0
[Coherence]
Show taskbar = 1
Relocate taskbar = 0
Exclude Dock = 1
Multiple displays = 0
[Shared Application]
Shared from Win to Mac = 1
Shared from Mac to Win = 1
SmartSelect = 1
Shared from Win to Mac Old = 0
Shared from Mac to Win Old = 0
SmartSelect Old = 0
[IDE devices]
Disk 0:0 enabled = 1
Disk 0:0 = 1
Disk 0:0 media = 1
Disk 0:0 connected = 1
Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;disk0s3
Disk 0:0 cylinders = 0
Disk 0:0 heads = 0
Disk 0:0 sectors = 0
Disk 0:1 enabled = 1
Disk 0:1 = 2
Disk 0:1 media = 1
Disk 0:1 connected = 1
Disk 0:1 image = Default CD/DVD-ROM
Disk 1:0 enabled = 0
Disk 1:0 = 0
Disk 1:1 enabled = 0
Disk 1:1 = 0
[Floppy disks]
Floppy 0 enabled = 0
Floppy 0 = 1
[Serial ports]
COM1 enabled = 0
COM1 = 0
COM2 enabled = 0
COM2 = 0
COM3 enabled = 0
COM3 = 0
COM4 enabled = 0
COM4 = 0
[Parallel ports]
LPT1 enabled = 1
LPT1 = 3
LPT1 connected = 1
LPT1 image = Default Printer
LPT2 enabled = 0
LPT2 = 0
LPT3 enabled = 0
LPT3 = 0
[Sound]
Sound enabled = 1
Sound = 1
Sound connected = 1
Sound device = Default Audio
Mixer device = Default Audio
[Network]
Network enabled = 1
Network = 3
Network connected = 1
Adapter No = 0
Adapter name = Default Adapter
Adapter type = 4
Port = 0x00000300
IRQ = 3
MAC address = 001c428f757b
Network2 enabled = 0
Network2 = 0
Network3 enabled = 0
Network3 = 0
Network4 enabled = 0
Network4 = 0
Network5 enabled = 0
Network5 = 0
[Usb]
USB enabled = 1
USB = 1
USB autoconnect = 2

My partition information is:

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *186.3 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 119.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 63.9 Gi disk0s3
4: Apple_HFS 1.9 Gi disk0s4

The 3rd partition is my linux partition with grub bootloader . The 4th partition is my linux swap.

Thanks,
Suresh

 

Did you find a solution ? I am stuck with the same problem !! I have posted more details at http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=20353

 

No I gave up after spending a lot of time on it. Gave up on Parallels too as a result. If you do ever figure this out, please let me know. I don't think the Parallels guys are interested in this issue at all.