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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 !
I'm trying to get VirtualBox running on my Pro.
My RNDP has : 4.2.9, E6600, 4GB RAM, 6x500GB seagate disks.
I tried :
Installation with apt-get (instructions on the first post) => I get -1912 error each time I try to start a VM. All steps looks good (installation, kernel module compilation, start, virtual machine configuration,...).
Error come at last step : starting the virtual machine.
Error is :
Got no help on internet for error -1912. Looked through source code, and found this :
How could it be ?
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I also tried the binary package install from virtualbox website.
Install looks good, but trying to run any virtualbox binary (including configuration ones) give weird error :
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During apt-get update, I saw that :
First method looked more promising, and maybe a problem with apt-get configuration screwed up things, so I retried the apt-get way, after a full factory reset and firmware re-install (4.2.9).I tried to change that (in source.list file) to 4.2.9. Did the update thing, reinstalled.
Same problem (error -1912 at VBoxHeadless).
At this point, I don't know how to get it running.
Do you have any idea ?
Thanks,
- Mackila
I'm trying to get VirtualBox running on my Pro.
My RNDP has : 4.2.9, E6600, 4GB RAM, 6x500GB seagate disks.
I tried :
Installation with apt-get (instructions on the first post) => I get -1912 error each time I try to start a VM. All steps looks good (installation, kernel module compilation, start, virtual machine configuration,...).
Error come at last step : starting the virtual machine.
Error is :
Mack-NAS:~# VBoxHeadless --startvm XP --vrdp on &
[1] 27947
Mack-NAS:~# VBoxHeadless: Error -1912 in supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime!
VBoxHeadless: RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912
VBoxHeadless: Tip! It may help to reinstall VirtualBox.
Got no help on internet for error -1912. Looked through source code, and found this :
/** The installed support driver doesn't match the version of the user. */
#define VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912)
How could it be ?
____________
I also tried the binary package install from virtualbox website.
Install looks good, but trying to run any virtualbox binary (including configuration ones) give weird error :
Mack-NAS:/opt/VirtualBox# ls VBoxMa* -al
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 768136 2010-03-25 20:09 VBoxManage
Mack-NAS:/opt/VirtualBox# ./VBoxManage list hostinfo
-bash: ./VBoxManage: No such file or directory
Mack-NAS:/opt/VirtualBox#
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During apt-get update, I saw that :
Mack-NAS:/# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org etch Release.gpg [1032B]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org etch Release [67.8kB]
Ign http://www.readynas.com 4.2.7/ Release.gpg
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages [5620kB]
Ign http://www.readynas.com 4.2.7/ Release
Get:4 http://www.readynas.com 4.2.7/ Packages [4995B]
Fetched 5694kB in 16s (337kB/s)
First method looked more promising, and maybe a problem with apt-get configuration screwed up things, so I retried the apt-get way, after a full factory reset and firmware re-install (4.2.9).I tried to change that (in source.list file) to 4.2.9. Did the update thing, reinstalled.
Same problem (error -1912 at VBoxHeadless).
At this point, I don't know how to get it running.
Do you have any idea ?
Thanks,
- Mackila
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