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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...
I upgraded my home box to 4.2.9 last night and updated to VirtualBox 3.1.2. Working well. I've noticed they have changed a lot of the command line stuff, so my page 1 post on setting up a VM doesn't work completely anymore, I will try and update those lines for the new version soon.
64-bit guests are supported under the following conditions: You need a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization supportThe ReadyNAS Pro comes with Dual Core E2160 CPU. This does not support Hardware Virtualization. So if you want to run 64-bit Guest OSes, you would need to upgrade the CPU. For example, I replaced mine with an E6300, which does support VT-x. Some details here: viewtopic.php?f=50&t=29284. Side-note, the 3200 has a Core2Duo, which should support this out of the box.
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