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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...
mdgm-ntgr
Jun 02, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
If you want to use VirtualBox to run e.g. Ubuntu, you should ideally get a Pro 6 (RNDP6000) or if not that get an Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U).
The ReadyNAS runs heavily customised Debian Linux. I don't know if it's possible to run that software directly rather than via a VM. Either way it would be unsupported.
The ReadyNAS runs heavily customised Debian Linux. I don't know if it's possible to run that software directly rather than via a VM. Either way it would be unsupported.
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