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chirpa
Mar 07, 2009Luminary
Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro
What is VirtualBox? So, I got bored while laundry was going... and decided to see how well a virtual OS would run on the Pro. My first choice of VM was VirtualBox, just cause I'm familiar with it a...
dbott67
Mar 12, 2009Guide
Here's my kernel:
Try updating to 4.2.4, as I was not successful using one of the 4.2.4 betas (T38), I think.
When I tried running the /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start command, I got an error:
chirpa then told me to try the following:
(side note: for some strange reason vboxdrv.ko was missing, so I had to re-download it)
Here's my output from SSH:
Prometheus:~# uname -r
2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1
Try updating to 4.2.4, as I was not successful using one of the 4.2.4 betas (T38), I think.
When I tried running the /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start command, I got an error:
Prometheus:~# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
Starting VirtualBox kernel module:
* No suitable module for running kernel found
chirpa then told me to try the following:
Prometheus:/lib/modules/2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1/misc# insmod vboxdrv.ko
Prometheus:/lib/modules/2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1/misc# insmod vboxnetflt.ko
(side note: for some strange reason vboxdrv.ko was missing, so I had to re-download it)
Prometheus:/lib/modules/2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1/misc# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
Starting VirtualBox kernel module: done.
Here's my output from SSH:
Prometheus:/lib/modules/2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1/misc# apt-get install virtualbox-2.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
defoma fontconfig-config libasound2 libdirectfb-0.9-25 libfontconfig1
libglib2.0-0 libice6 libnewt0.52 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsm6
libsvga1 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxcursor1 libxdmcp6 libxext6
libxfixes3 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxslt1.1
libxt6 python2.4 python2.4-minimal svgalibg1 ttf-dejavu whiptail x11-common
Suggested packages:
defoma-doc psfontmgr x-ttcidfont-conf dfontmgr libasound2-plugins
python2.4-doc python-profiler
Recommended packages:
libft-perl libglib2.0-data libfribidi0 libpulse0 libsdl-ttf2.0-0
linux-headers gcc make binutils libhal1 pdf-viewer libgl1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
defoma fontconfig-config libasound2 libdirectfb-0.9-25 libfontconfig1
libglib2.0-0 libice6 libnewt0.52 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsm6
libsvga1 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxcursor1 libxdmcp6 libxext6
libxfixes3 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxslt1.1
libxt6 python2.4 python2.4-minimal svgalibg1 ttf-dejavu virtualbox-2.1
whiptail x11-common
0 upgraded, 33 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded.
Need to get 50.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 108MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
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Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main x11-common 1:7.1.0-19 [338kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxau6 1:1.0.1-2 [6986B]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxdmcp6 1:1.0.1-2 [10.7kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libx11-data 2:1.0.3-7 [157kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 [567kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-5 [9304B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libice6 1:1.0.1-2 [42.6kB]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 [18.0kB]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 [154kB]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libnewt0.52 0.52.2-10 [64.1kB]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main whiptail 0.52.2-10 [34.7kB]
Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main defoma 0.11.10-0.1 [100kB]
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main ttf-dejavu 2.15-1 [3488kB]
Get:15 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main fontconfig-config 2.4.2-1.2 [149kB]
Get:16 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 [208kB]
Get:17 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-2 [504kB]
Get:18 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libasound2 1.0.13-2 [346kB]
Get:19 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libdirectfb-0.9-25 0.9.25.1-5 [835kB]
Get:20 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libsvga1 1:1.4.3-24 [311kB]
Get:21 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main svgalibg1 1:1.4.3-24 [762B]
Get:22 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.11-8 [209kB]
Get:23 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libsdl1.2debian 1.2.11-8 [20.8kB]
Get:24 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 [21.1kB]
Get:25 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 [23.8kB]
Get:26 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 [24.6kB]
Get:27 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 [16.7kB]
Get:28 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4.1 [6046B]
Get:29 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 [46.7kB]
Get:30 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-5 [7776B]
Get:31 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main libxslt1.1 1.1.19-3 [216kB]
Get:32 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main python2.4-minimal 2.4.4-3+etch2 [902kB]
Get:33 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main python2.4 2.4.4-3+etch2 [2851kB]
Fetched 50.4MB in 3m49s (220kB/s)
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Linking and byte-compiling packages for runtime python2.4...
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Setting up virtualbox-2.1 (2.1.4-42893_Debian_etch) ...
Adding group `vboxusers' (GID 101) ...
Done.
Messages emitted during module compilation will be logged to /var/log/vbox-install.log.
Starting VirtualBox kernel module:
* No suitable module for running kernel found
Prometheus:/lib/modules/2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1/misc#
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