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funglenn
Jan 29, 2017Luminary
Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
Looking to install Virtualbox 6.6.0 and this is going to seem like a dumb questions, sorry, new and learning. Once it is installed, how do you it up? is it all done via command line? is there a gui...
- Feb 12, 2017
Thank you all! it works. This is the commands I used, with
VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on
to run the script.
unzip ReadyNASOS_V6.6.0_WW_src.zip
cp -rp linux-4.1.30-x86_64 /data/.apps
ln -s /data/.apps/linux-4.1.30-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install vim git lm-sensors telnet
apt-get install bc
apt-get install libqt4-opengl libvpx1
apt-get install -f
export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-4.30-x86_64
cd /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64
cp /data/VirtualBox/tmp/linux-4.1.30-x86_64/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86 /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64/.config
# ** Check kernel install options and modules
make ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig && make ARCH=x86_64
## Installation of VirtualBox
cd /data/VirtualBox/
dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.20-96996~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb
apt-get -f install
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
modprobe vboxdrvcd
## Upgrade VirtualBox Extension Pack
VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"
VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.20-96996.vbox-extpack
mdgm-ntgr
Jan 30, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Can you send in your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my sig)?
The Linux-3.0.101 reference is to the kernel we used at the time. We now use a 4.1 kernel.
VirtualBox is managed from the command line
I believe there is a PHP front end that you may be able to install if you'd rather use a GUI.
funglenn
Jan 30, 2017Luminary
mdgm,
thank you. do you have any other details about the PHP front end? also does that mean i would still need a monitor hooked up to the NAS or would the PHP also push everything to a browser window somewhere else?
Do not know if my logs will help yet--i have not modified my box and have a standard 6.6.0 load. However if it helps discussion and helps to get me partipcular answers for my installation, i will be glad to do it.
You said the 6.6.0 uses the 4.1 kernel -- that is all still under Debian 8 platform yes?
Thanks!
- mdgm-ntgrJan 30, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
You don't need a monitor hooked up to your NAS. Hooking up a monitor and keyboard would enable you to enter the shell commands via that but it would have the same support implications as using SSH.
At the very least the date in bios_ver.log from the logs would be a help.
The kernel and the core OS are two different things. We've used the 4.1 kernel since 6.4.0 back when we were still using a core OS based on Debian 7. From 6.6.0 we now base the core OS on Debian 8.
- mdgm-ntgrJan 31, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
The bios_ver.log looks good. VT-x is enabled on your system so you can run 64-bit VMs.
- funglennJan 31, 2017Luminary
thanks.. but the installation is proving disasterous.....I unpacked the ReadyNASOS_V6.6.0_WW_src.zip and the system ran out of space. is that just because i was in a VM? i really am not a linux guy and trying to learn....
Thankfully, i am working this on my VM of 6.6.0 and not killing my production system!
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