Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro

See if this helps to clear and reset installed deb packages, then downgrade apt.

Matt

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### Update Sources.list ###
mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list
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sudo sh -c "cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list" <<EOF
deb http://www.readynas.com/packages 4.2.21/
deb http://www.readynas.com/packages 4.2.22/
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main

#deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze contrib non-free
#deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free
EOF
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gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key E9C74FEEA2098A6E && gpg -a --export E9C74FEEA2098A6E | sudo apt-key add -
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 54422A4B98AB5139 && gpg -a --export 54422A4B98AB5139 | sudo apt-key add -
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key AED4B06F473041FA && gpg -a --export AED4B06F473041FA | sudo apt-key add -

# Setup Root Directory Storage Area
mkdir /root/src
mkdir /root/system
cp /etc/apt/sources.list* /root/system

### Refresh Packages from the APT repository ~ may help remove BADSIG messages ###
# Clear the APT Repositories
sudo killall apt apt-get aptitude
sudo -s -H
apt-get clean
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
chmod 755 /var/lib/apt/lists
mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
chmod 755 /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives
mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
apt-get clean

# Replace File Locks
rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo chmod 640 /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm -rf /var/lock/aptitude
sudo touch /var/lock/aptitude
sudo chmod 640 /var/lock/aptitude
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo touch /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo chmod 640 /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo touch /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo chmod 640 /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

# Fresh download of Repository Packages
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

# Say 'Y'es to any recommended Fixes. It is OK if either apt-get or dpkg will be upgraded/downgraded
# But, make sure neither apt-get nor dpkg will be removed. If so the aBORT changes.
apt-get -f install
apt-get update

# packages needed after a clean install
apt-get install nano curl


## Note: You may need to downgrade apt-get to apt_0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1_i386.deb for the correct versions of deb files.
# Raidiator 4.2.21 upgrades apt-get to apt_0.7.20.2+lenny2_i386.deb. This may cause conflicts.

# Display apt-get Version
apt-get -v

# Force apt-get and dpkg Downgrade
apt-get --reinstall install apt=0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1 dpkg=1.13.26 dpkg-dev=1.13.26

# I use aptitude most of the time. It does a better job at resolving conflicts.
apt-get install aptitude

# Setup the Build Environment
apt-get install build-essential gcc
aptitude install libmagic-dev libpcre3-dev
aptitude install unzip par2 parchive bzip2 gpp libssl-dev zlibc zlib1g-dev p7zip p7zip-full
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