Vyatta Virtual PC boot error

The solution is to pass the linux kernel boot argument noreplace-paravirt.  This is done on the live CD by typing “live noreplace-paravirt” and pressing enter (instead of simply pressing enter or waiting for the CD to automatically boot).

When you’ve installed to the virtual hard disk (using the install-system command), you’ll find it displays the same error.  To boot the first time you’ll need to press Escape to access the grub menu, then press “e” to edit the default entry.  Add the word noreplace-paravirt to the end of the line (after “console=tty0″) and press ctrl-x to boot.

When you get the login prompt, you can log in as root and edit the grub config file (nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg) to add the option to the command line permanently.