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chirpa
May 03, 2013Luminary
RAIDiator-x86 4.2.28 | VirtualBox image #notsupported
Following the steps to create the ReadyNAS OS 6 VM, we found it was possible to run RAIDiator-x86 in a VM as well! Now you can test out add-ons, or develop them, without bricking your main box! W...
benok
Mar 26, 2014Aspirant
lancerus wrote: I have this image -- and the 6.0.6 image (which I then upgraded to 6.1.6) running in VMWare Workstation. This image was easy to fix for VMWare, the 6.0.6 was more challenging. Now that they are in Workstation - they should easily migrate over to ESXi. I can post instructions if anyone is interested.
me, too!
I'm just trying to convert OS6.0.6 VirtualBox image to vmware's with VMware workstation 10.
I attached converted disks to SATA controller, but failed to boot.
serial output message says 'ERROR: Could not mount root RAID device' like below.
SYSLINUX 3.31 Debian-2007-03-09 Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin
boot:
Loading kernel.......................................................................
Loading initrd.gz.............................................Ready.
Starting the boot process...
Detected system type: UNKNOWN
Loading kernel modules...done
Bringing up network...eth0.done
Bringing up RAID arrays...done
ERROR: Could not mount root RAID device
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
/ #
How do you resolve the issue ?
I suspect it comes from different SATA emulated device on the hypervisors.
Is it required to install another driver ?
I'll make Debian VM with SATA configuration and try to check device emulation and drivers being used.
Could you share your procedure ? :)
p.s.
Any way, we should move thread below or create new one. It seems off topic, isn't it ? :wink:
NETGEAR ReadyNAS • View topic - ReadyNAS OS 6.0.6 | VirtualBox Image #notsupported
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=70699
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