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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...
jmalmlund
Jul 19, 2011Aspirant
Just a quick update of the install instructions...
Miniguide on installing/upgrading VirtualBox 4.1.0 on RAIDiator 4.2.17.
Section 1 for new installations,
Section 1 for upgrades,
Section 2 for both new installs and upgrades.
Section 3, optional for upgraders, not relevant for new installs.
IF upgraders want to start clean with the install insert this command now to uninstall previous lingering VirtualBox components.
Section 4, install/upgrade VirtualBox
Section 5, new installs
Section 5, for upgrades,
It's to my knowledge not possible to just upgrade the extpack, the old one needs to be uninstalled to allow the new pack to be installed.
Note that it's the extpack that contains the RDP module...
Xaver added a really nice set of instructions on how to set up a basic virtual machine here, just keep in mind that most ReadyNas'es come with only 1GB ram, don't assign too much to your virtual machines or everything will come to a crawl if heavy memory swapping starts to occur.
Mini FAQ:
1. Are these instructions valid for my ReadyNas of type <insert your Nas here>?
If it has an 64bit intel CPU they should be. (I have a ReadyNas Pro Pioneer so if you have something else, well then your milage may vary and if so, then please help us by posting the specifics for your type of nas.)
2. Why is AMD stuff mentioned when the ReadyNas boxes use Intel cpu's?
Because the cpu is 64bit, more details by sphardy: here
3. A new version is out, (Radiator or VirtualBox), is this guide still valid?
Well, other than that you have to use other links and perhaps extract a newer kernel version than what's suggested herein you can still follow the guide and change to newer versions/links where needed.
ps. I've been thinking that it would be nice if there was a wiki so that it would be easier for anyone to help out keeping the instructions up to date... get in touch if you'd like to be a part of such a wiki-forum.
Miniguide on installing/upgrading VirtualBox 4.1.0 on RAIDiator 4.2.17.
Section 1 for new installations,
apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential amd64-libs lib64stdc++6 bzip2 lib64z1 lzma
apt-get --reinstall install libc6-amd64
Section 1 for upgrades,
apt-get update
apt-get -f install
Section 2 for both new installs and upgrades.
mkdir /c/VirtualBox
cd /c/VirtualBox
wget -q http://www.readynas.com/download/GPL/RNDP6xxx_4.2.17_WW_src.zip
unzip -q RNDP6xxx_4.2.17_WW_src.zip "linux-2.6.37.5/*"
ln -snf `pwd`/linux-2.6.37.5 /usr/src/linux
cd linux-2.6.37.5
cp arch/x86/configs/defconfig.smp .config
make ARCH=x86_64 silentoldconfig
make prepare
make modules_prepare
make
make modules
cd ..
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.0/VirtualBox-4.1.0-73009-Linux_amd64.run
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0-73009.vbox-extpack
chmod 755 VirtualBox-4.1.0-73009-Linux_amd64.run
Section 3, optional for upgraders, not relevant for new installs.
IF upgraders want to start clean with the install insert this command now to uninstall previous lingering VirtualBox components.
./VirtualBox-4.1.0-73009-Linux_amd64.run uninstall
Section 4, install/upgrade VirtualBox
./VirtualBox-4.1.0-73009-Linux_amd64.run
Section 5, new installs
/usr/bin/VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0-73009.vbox-extpack
Section 5, for upgrades,
It's to my knowledge not possible to just upgrade the extpack, the old one needs to be uninstalled to allow the new pack to be installed.
/usr/bin/VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"
/usr/bin/VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0-73009.vbox-extpack
Note that it's the extpack that contains the RDP module...
Xaver added a really nice set of instructions on how to set up a basic virtual machine here, just keep in mind that most ReadyNas'es come with only 1GB ram, don't assign too much to your virtual machines or everything will come to a crawl if heavy memory swapping starts to occur.
Mini FAQ:
1. Are these instructions valid for my ReadyNas of type <insert your Nas here>?
If it has an 64bit intel CPU they should be. (I have a ReadyNas Pro Pioneer so if you have something else, well then your milage may vary and if so, then please help us by posting the specifics for your type of nas.)
2. Why is AMD stuff mentioned when the ReadyNas boxes use Intel cpu's?
Because the cpu is 64bit, more details by sphardy: here
3. A new version is out, (Radiator or VirtualBox), is this guide still valid?
Well, other than that you have to use other links and perhaps extract a newer kernel version than what's suggested herein you can still follow the guide and change to newer versions/links where needed.
ps. I've been thinking that it would be nice if there was a wiki so that it would be easier for anyone to help out keeping the instructions up to date... get in touch if you'd like to be a part of such a wiki-forum.
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