VirtualBox 7.1.x often not able to start a RHEL 5.x VM on Windows.

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The log shows: 00:00:12.735034 MMX - Intel MMX Technology = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735034 FXSR - FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735034 FFXSR - AMD fast FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735035 Page1GB - 1 GB large page = 0 (1) 00:00:12.735035 RDTSCP - RDTSCP instruction = 1 (1) 00:00:12.735036 LM - AMD64 Long Mode = 1 (1) 00:00:12.735036 3DNOWEXT - AMD Extensions to 3DNow = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735036 3DNOW - AMD 3DNow = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735037 LahfSahf - LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode = 1 (1) 00:00:12.735037 CmpLegacy - Core multi-processing legacy mode = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735038 SVM - AMD Secure Virtual Machine extensions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735038 EXTAPIC - AMD Extended APIC registers = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735039 CR8L - AMD LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735039 ABM - AMD Advanced Bit Manipulation = 1 (1) 00:00:12.735039 SSE4A - SSE4A instructions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735040 MISALIGNSSE - AMD Misaligned SSE mode = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735040 3DNOWPRF - AMD PREFETCH and PREFETCHW instructions = 1 (1) 00:00:12.735041 OSVW - AMD OS Visible Workaround = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735041 IBS - Instruct Based Sampling = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735041 XOP - Extended Operation support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735042 SKINIT - SKINIT, STGI, and DEV support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735042 WDT - AMD Watchdog Timer support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735043 LWP - Lightweight Profiling support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735043 FMA4 - Four operand FMA instruction support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735043 TCE - Translation Cache Extension support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735044 NodeId - NodeId in MSR C001_100C = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735044 TBM - Trailing Bit Manipulation instructions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735044 TOPOEXT - Topology Extensions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735045 PRFEXTCORE - Performance Counter Extensions support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735045 PRFEXTNB - NB Performance Counter Extensions support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735046 DATABPEXT - Data-access Breakpoint Extension = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735046 PERFTSC - Performance Time Stamp Counter = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735046 PCX_L2I - L2I/L3 Performance Counter Extensions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735047 MONITORX - MWAITX and MONITORX instructions = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735048 AddrMaskExt - BP Addressing masking extended to bit 31 = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735049 Full Name: "12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H" 00:00:12.735050 TLB 2/4M Instr/Uni: res0 0 entries 00:00:12.735050 TLB 2/4M Data: res0 0 entries 00:00:12.735050 TLB 4K Instr/Uni: res0 0 entries 00:00:12.735051 TLB 4K Data: res0 0 entries 00:00:12.735051 L1 Instr Cache Line Size: 0 bytes 00:00:12.735051 L1 Instr Cache Lines Per Tag: 0 00:00:12.735051 L1 Instr Cache Associativity: res0 00:00:12.735051 L1 Instr Cache Size: 0 KB 00:00:12.735051 L1 Data Cache Line Size: 0 bytes 00:00:12.735052 L1 Data Cache Lines Per Tag: 0 00:00:12.735052 L1 Data Cache Associativity: res0 00:00:12.735052 L1 Data Cache Size: 0 KB 00:00:12.735052 L2 TLB 2/4M Instr/Uni: off 0 entries 00:00:12.735052 L2 TLB 2/4M Data: off 0 entries 00:00:12.735053 L2 TLB 4K Instr/Uni: off 0 entries 00:00:12.735053 L2 TLB 4K Data: off 0 entries 00:00:12.735053 L2 Cache Line Size: 0 bytes 00:00:12.735053 L2 Cache Lines Per Tag: 0 00:00:12.735053 L2 Cache Associativity: off 00:00:12.735053 L2 Cache Size: 0 KB 00:00:12.735056 TS - Temperature Sensor = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735056 FID - Frequency ID control = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735057 VID - Voltage ID control = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735057 TTP - Thermal Trip = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735058 TM - Hardware Thermal Control (HTC) = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735058 100MHzSteps - 100 MHz Multiplier control = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735058 HwPstate - Hardware P-state control = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735059 TscInvariant - Invariant Time Stamp Counter = 1 (1) 00:00:12.735059 CPB - Core Performance Boost = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735060 EffFreqRO - Read-only Effective Frequency Interface = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735060 ProcFdbkIf - Processor Feedback Interface = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735060 ProcPwrRep - Core power reporting interface support = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735061 ConnectedStandby - Connected Standby = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735061 RAPL - Running average power limit = 0 (0) 00:00:12.735062 Physical Address Width: 39 bits 00:00:12.735062 Virtual Address Width: 48 bits 00:00:12.735062 Guest Physical Address Width: 0 bits 00:00:12.735063 Physical Core Count: 1 00:00:12.735064 00:00:12.735064 End of CPUID dump 00:00:12.735108 VMEmt: Halt method global1 (5) 00:00:12.735383 VMEmt: HaltedGlobal1 config: cNsSpinBlockThresholdCfg=50000 00:00:12.735507 Changing the VM state from 'CREATING' to 'CREATED' 00:00:12.736553 SharedFolders host service: Adding host mapping 00:00:12.736566 Host path 'C:\Users\gwz\Downloads', map name 'Downloads', writable, automount=true, automntpnt=/dld, create_symlinks=false, missing=false 00:00:12.737071 Changing the VM state from 'CREATED' to 'POWERING_ON' 00:00:12.737300 AIOMgr: Endpoints without assigned bandwidth groups: 00:00:12.737311 AIOMgr: C:\VM\rl5n\Disk1.vdi 00:00:12.737314 AIOMgr: C:\VM\rl5n\DiskStore.vdi 00:00:12.737619 Changing the VM state from 'POWERING_ON' to 'RUNNING' 00:00:12.737633 Console: Machine state changed to 'Running' 00:00:12.739515 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: VirtualBox 7.0.14 00:00:12.739692 PCI: Setting up resources and interrupts 00:00:12.740097 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0) 00:00:12.741033 GUI: UIMachineViewScale::resendSizeHint: Restoring guest size-hint for screen 0 to 800x600 00:00:12.741050 VMMDev: SetVideoModeHint: Got a video mode hint (800x600x0)@(0x0),(1;0) at 0 00:00:12.741216 GUI: HID LEDs sync is enabled 00:00:12.765238 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0 origin=0,0 00:00:12.765685 VMMDev: Guest Log: CPUID EDX: 0x178bfbff 00:00:12.772184 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago) 00:00:12.772285 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET 00:00:12.772823 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: ata0-0: PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63 00:00:12.775384 AHCI#0: Reset the HBA 00:00:12.775430 AHCI#0: Port 0 reset 00:00:12.906096 AHCI#0: Port 1 reset 00:00:13.070134 AHCI#0: Port 2 reset 00:00:13.071469 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: SCSI 0-ID#0: LCHS=1024/255/63 0x0000000010000000 sectors 00:00:13.072126 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: SCSI 1-ID#1: LCHS=1024/255/63 0x0000000001000000 sectors 00:00:13.072170 LsiLogic#0: 2/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072181 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072239 LsiLogic#0: 3/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072243 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072300 LsiLogic#0: 4/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072303 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072365 LsiLogic#0: 5/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072369 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072426 LsiLogic#0: 6/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072429 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072486 LsiLogic#0: 7/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072489 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072547 LsiLogic#0: 8/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072550 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072607 LsiLogic#0: 9/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072610 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072668 LsiLogic#0: 10/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072672 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072728 LsiLogic#0: 11/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072732 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072788 LsiLogic#0: 12/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072792 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072848 LsiLogic#0: 13/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072852 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072909 LsiLogic#0: 14/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072912 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.072971 LsiLogic#0: 15/0 (Bus/Target) doesn't exist 00:00:13.072979 LsiLogic#0: Guest issued CDB {0x12, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0} 00:00:13.075040 PIT: mode=2 count=0x48d3 (18643) - 64.00 Hz (ch=0) 00:00:13.089037 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=00000227209a0000 w=640 h=480 bpp=32 cbLine=0xA00 flags=0x0 origin=0,0 00:00:15.549756 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0 origin=0,0 00:00:15.556682 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0) 00:00:15.556868 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=1, bootseq=0023 00:00:15.558706 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: CDROM boot failure code : 0003 00:00:15.558817 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from CD-ROM failed 00:00:15.558973 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=2, bootseq=0002 00:00:15.559283 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from Hard Disk... 00:00:15.561122 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xc4 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago) 00:00:15.561257 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET 00:00:15.576973 VMMDev: Guest Log: int13_harddisk_ext: function 41, unmapped device for ELDL=83 00:00:15.577194 VMMDev: Guest Log: int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped device for ELDL=83 00:00:15.602096 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=00000227209a0000 w=640 h=480 bpp=0 cbLine=0x140 flags=0x0 origin=0,0 00:00:20.820774 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0 origin=0,0 00:00:20.890525 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: unsupported int 16h function 03 00:00:20.890807 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: AX=0305 BX=0000 CX=3c00 DX=c000 00:00:20.893557 VMMDev: Guest Log: int13_harddisk: function 02, unmapped device for ELDL=83 00:00:20.894038 VMMDev: Guest Log: int13_harddisk_ext: function 41, unmapped device for ELDL=83 00:00:20.947410 GIM: KVM: VCPU 0: Invalid physical addr requested for mapping system-time struct. GCPhysSystemTime=0x00007eff804a7400 00:00:21.116910 GIM: KVM: VCPU 0: Enabled system-time struct. at 0x0000000001003400 - u32TscScale=0xbe79c235 i8TscShift=-1 uVersion=2 fFlags=0x1 uTsc=0x53e7b6069 uVirtNanoTS=0x1f36f0a23 TscKHz=2688008 00:00:21.116943 TM: Host/VM is not suitable for using TSC mode 'RealTSCOffset', request to change TSC mode ignored 00:00:21.117288 PIT: mode=2 count=0x4a9 (1193) - 1000.15 Hz (ch=0) 00:00:21.117429 GIM: KVM: Enabled wall-clock struct. at 0x00000000006d86c4 - u32Sec=1709262635 u32Nano=467455396 uVersion=2

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Sorry, the title has a typo, should be 7.0.x not 7.1.x.