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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...
Hi there,
After some mistakes and problems due to firmware changes offered by the v4.2.8, We successfully installed VirtualBox on 2 ReadyNAS Pro 6310 this Week-end with a friend of mine.
We used the Chirpa's step by step procedure found at page 9 and everything worked well (the make all step is quite loooooooooooooong ! lol) => thanks chirpa !
Then, we've tried to build our first VirtualMachine with VirtualBox v3.1.2 grabbed from the net and we've failed at some VBoxManage commands because they have changed since 3.0.x
The problem we met was that we couldn't attach the HDD/DVD to the virtualmachine. Later we found out why !
===> We needed to declare an IDE Controller and then attach the devices on it ! <===
OK said like that this seems to be a little bit "logic", but for 2 newbies of VirtualBox this wasn't ^_^
In fact, the "storage system" of VirtualBox have changed since 3.0 and here are the commands you need to do:
creation of the .vdi file !
Creation of the Controller(s) <== Needed to attach some HDD or DVD/Floppy Drive later
... but you can also create a SATA Controller (faster than IDE). Note that it seems that we can only attach HDD to a SATA Controller. I didn't succes to attach a DVD Drive to the Sata Controller
Now that you've got your Controller(s), you must attach some device !
For example, the HDD attached to the SATA Controller, and the DVD Drive with an ISO to the IDE controller.
Earlier in that post, there were a remark about how to bridge the Network card of the VM to the Network card of the NAS. In v3.1.2 of VirtualBox, the argument changed again, no more use of "hostif"
To bridge the VM to a particular ethernet card of the NAS, the command is now :
Hope this could help those who, like my friend and I, are new to VirtualBox experience with the ReadyNAS Pro :p
@++
Dwarf
After some mistakes and problems due to firmware changes offered by the v4.2.8, We successfully installed VirtualBox on 2 ReadyNAS Pro 6310 this Week-end with a friend of mine.
We used the Chirpa's step by step procedure found at page 9 and everything worked well (the make all step is quite loooooooooooooong ! lol) => thanks chirpa !
Then, we've tried to build our first VirtualMachine with VirtualBox v3.1.2 grabbed from the net and we've failed at some VBoxManage commands because they have changed since 3.0.x
The problem we met was that we couldn't attach the HDD/DVD to the virtualmachine. Later we found out why !
===> We needed to declare an IDE Controller and then attach the devices on it ! <===
OK said like that this seems to be a little bit "logic", but for 2 newbies of VirtualBox this wasn't ^_^
In fact, the "storage system" of VirtualBox have changed since 3.0 and here are the commands you need to do:
creation of the .vdi file !
VBoxManage createhd --filename "</PATH/TO .VDI FILENAME>" --size <SIZE IN MB> --register
Creation of the Controller(s) <== Needed to attach some HDD or DVD/Floppy Drive later
VBoxManage storagectl "<VM NAME>" --name "IDE Controller" --add ide
... but you can also create a SATA Controller (faster than IDE). Note that it seems that we can only attach HDD to a SATA Controller. I didn't succes to attach a DVD Drive to the Sata Controller
VBoxManage storagectl "<VM NAME>" --name "SATA Controller" --add sata
Now that you've got your Controller(s), you must attach some device !
For example, the HDD attached to the SATA Controller, and the DVD Drive with an ISO to the IDE controller.
VBoxManage storageattach "<VM NAME>" --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --type hdd --medium "</PATH/TO THE .VDI FILE DECLARED ABOVE>"
VBoxManage storageattach "VM NAME" --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 0 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium "</PATH/TO INSTALL ISOs>"
Earlier in that post, there were a remark about how to bridge the Network card of the VM to the Network card of the NAS. In v3.1.2 of VirtualBox, the argument changed again, no more use of "hostif"
To bridge the VM to a particular ethernet card of the NAS, the command is now :
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM NAME" --nic<1-N> bridged --bridgeadapter<1-N> <Host Ethernet Device, usually eth0 or eth1>
Hope this could help those who, like my friend and I, are new to VirtualBox experience with the ReadyNAS Pro :p
@++
Dwarf
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