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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...
Mackila wrote: Hi,
You are the guy who made me buy 2x4GB for my pro...
As I changed processor to E6600, I use my nas to host some VM.
I got them running "as services" with help from scripts from here and there.
When you want to start a VM then disconnect your ssh session, & is not enough. It only sends VBoxHeadless to the background, but it stays attached to your ssh session.
Try this instead :nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on --vrdeaddress <host ip> --vrdeport <port for RDP> &
- Mackila
I was able to close the SSH session with the '&'. After getting back to the prompt simply type 'logout'. Then you would be able to close the session and still have the VM running.
I will give your method a try also. Thanks for the heads up. :D
Now if only I could figure out why a share from my VM isn't opening from a guest. :?
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