Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro

chirpa wrote:
Referring to this? I will need to test it out. The script works manually, so its probably a path/environment when running it from the automated system control.

I was able to get the startup/shutdown script to work eventually, but not as an addon (it failed as an addon because the vbox kernel extensions weren't loaded when the addon tries to start):

# mv /root/vboxctrl.sh /etc/init.d/
# cd /etc/init.d
# update-rc.d vboxctrl.sh defaults 99 10

I have read the thread and the best I can tell is the following:

1. Obtain root access I think by root@192.168.1.x and entering admin pw.
2. I guess the next step would be to copy and paste the following however I would wonder whether I will screw up the box.

Copy and paste this into terminal after obtaining root access:

# echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian etch non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list # wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... n_vbox.asc -O- | apt-key add - # apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential # wget -q http://www.readynas.com/download/GPL/RN ... WW_src.zip # unzip -q RNDP6xxx_4.2.5_WW_src.zip -d ./GPL # cd GPL/linux-x86-2.6/ # cp arch/x86/configs/tolapai_defconfig arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig # make menuconfig (I do this otherwise I've this error : (missing kernel .config file)) # make clean;make all # ln -s /c/backup/GPL/linux-x86-2.6/ /usr/src/linux # KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux # wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run # chmod +x VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run # ./VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run

I have used telnet to hack a directv tivo but I just do not want to clutter up the box and brick it. Thanks for any help. I would like to enable VB on the RNPP in order to eliminate having to have a computer on 24/7 in order to hopefully play music, pix and video to Directv HR2x boxes using mediashare. Am I barking up the wrong tree?

BigBearf

Have gotten down to apt get update step but get the following errors

nas-EA-33-DF:/# apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done build-essential is already the newest version. You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: build-essential: Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or libc-dev Depends: make but it is not going to be installed Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.5) but it is not going to be installed g++-4.1: Depends: libstdc++6-4.1-dev (= 4.1.1-21) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). nas-EA-33-DF:/# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: dpkg-dev libc6-dev libstdc++6-4.1-dev make Suggested packages: debian-keyring glibc-doc manpages-dev libstdc++6-4.1-doc make-doc-non-dfsg Recommended packages: bzip2 The following NEW packages will be installed: dpkg-dev libc6-dev libstdc++6-4.1-dev make 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/4899kB of archives. After unpacking 23.5MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! libc6-dev libstdc++6-4.1-dev make dpkg-dev Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed (Reading database ... 17645 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libc6-dev (from .../libc6-dev_2.3.6.ds1-13etch9+b1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.3.6.ds1-13etch9+b1_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to create `./usr/lib/libnsl.a': No space left on device dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Unpacking libstdc++6-4.1-dev (from .../libstdc++6-4.1-dev_4.1.1-21_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++6-4.1-dev_4.1.1-21_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to create `./usr/include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_construct.h': No space left on device dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Unpacking make (from .../archives/make_3.81-2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/make_3.81-2_i386.deb (--unpack): error creating directory `./usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES': No space left on device dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Unpacking dpkg-dev (from .../dpkg-dev_1.13.26_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg-dev_1.13.26_all.deb (--unpack): unable to create `./usr/bin/dpkg-gencontrol': No space left on device dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.3.6.ds1-13etch9+b1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++6-4.1-dev_4.1.1-21_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/make_3.81-2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg-dev_1.13.26_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) nas-EA-33-DF:/#

When I try to proceed using the make menuconfig or make clean step I obviously get "no command error". Any help would be appreciated.
BigBearf

OK tried VB install but no luck so far. I think I have filled up the Root partition and would like to know what I can safely delete. Here is a "du" output.

nas-EA-33-DF:/# du --max-depth=1 -h -x
16K ./lost+found
1.7G ./GPL
3.1M ./bin
0 ./sys
0 ./ramfs
4.0K ./mnt
6.7M ./etc
28K ./tmp
0 ./USB
11M ./lib
480K ./__MACOSX
420K ./_READYNAS_CONFIG-1
4.0K ./c
4.0K ./initrd
3.8M ./sbin
11M ./frontview
28K ./root
0 ./dev
2.4M ./opt
217M ./usr
0 ./proc
111M ./var
16K ./.Dekoh
228K ./home
2.5G .
nas-EA-33-DF:/# cd /GPL
nas-EA-33-DF:/GPL# du --max-depth=1 -h -x
36M ./apache2-2.2.6
128K ./pwauth-2.3.6
476K ./sysklogd-1.4.1
368K ./mktemp-1.5
84K ./libfile-remove-perl-0.31
68K ./libtext-wrapi18n-perl-0.06
3.5M ./rsync-3.0.5
2.7M ./bzip2-1.0.3
20K ./libreadynas_lgpl
544K ./libhtml-parser-perl-3.55
1.1M ./iscsitarget-0.4.17
355M ./linux-x86-2.6
3.5M ./bash-3.1dfsg
644K ./liburi-perl-1.35
4.0M ./iptables-1.3.6.0debian1
1.9M ./libevent-1.1a
5.6M ./openssh-4.3p2
756K ./libedit-2.9.cvs.20050518
23M ./libxml2-2.6.27.dfsg
14M ./flac-1.2.1
3.5M ./lvm2-2.02.06
4.1M ./libgd2-2.0.33
1.6M ./mdadm-2.6.4
2.9M ./sudo-1.6.8p12
1.1M ./vlan-1.9
1.1M ./pciutils-2.2.4~pre4
104K ./libdevel-symdump-perl-2.03
2.4M ./smartmontools-5.38
308K ./base-files-4.0.1~bpo40+1
92K ./lcd
340K ./miniupnpd
44K ./gpio
2.4M ./libmad-0.15.1b
14M ./busybox-1.7.0
1.7M ./libdbi-perl-1.53
1.5M ./gzip-1.3.5
3.6M ./zip-2.32
600K ./ethtool-5
264K ./portmap-5
20M ./cupsys-1.1.14
18M ./proftpd-1.3.2
14M ./shadow-4.0.18.1
3.1M ./ntfs-3g-1.2531
340K ./hdparm-6.9
1.3M ./mawk-1.3.3
48K ./debian-backports-keyring-2007.06.10
536K ./host-20000331
208K ./makedev-2.3.1
8.4M ./cyrus-sasl2-2.1.22.dfsg1
200K ./libnet-daemon-perl-0.38
73M ./gcc-4.1-4.1.1ds2
2.7M ./expat-1.95.8
2.0M ./slang2-2.0.6
11M ./tar-1.16
424K ./ucf-2.0020
484K ./at-3.1.10
1.5M ./libnfsidmap-0.18
10M ./libapache2-mod-perl2-2.0.2
696K ./udev-0.105
664K ./debianutils-2.17
4.3M ./devmapper-1.02.08
308K ./netbase-4.29
5.9M ./unzip-5.52
5.9M ./libvorbis-1.1.2.dfsg
11M ./fuppes-4.01c1-p3
256K ./mod_authnz_external-3.1.0
224K ./libapache2-mod-auth-pam-1.1.1
1.2M ./wireless-tools-28
9.8M ./netatalk-2.0.3
4.2M ./nfs-utils-1.1.2
2.8M ./libjpeg6b-6b
1.2M ./readynas-x86-kernel-modules
61M ./perl-5.8.8
15M ./ncurses-5.5
7.4M ./findutils-4.2.28
688K ./zlib-1.2.3
112K ./lvm-common-1.5.20
24M ./gnutls13-1.4.4
50M ./db4.3-4.3.29
3.1M ./file-4.17
60K ./debian-archive-keyring-2007.07.31~etch1
2.4M ./popt-1.10
2.3M ./gdbm-1.8.3
588K ./nv6memtest
3.4M ./libsepol-1.14
148K ./libplrpc-perl-0.2017
17M ./dpkg-1.13.25
63M ./samba
19M ./glibc-2.3.6.ds1
828K ./grep-2.5.1.ds2
1.7M ./db3-3.2.9+dfsg
240K ./acpid-1.0.4
648K ./iputils-20020927
4.3M ./libexif-0.6.16
260K ./base-passwd-3.5.11
5.7M ./exim-3.36
424K ./dosfstools-2.11
56M ./db4.4-4.4.20
4.8M ./wget-1.10.2
3.0M ./ncftp-3.2.0
436K ./logrotate-3.7.1
2.9M ./libid3tag-0.15.1b
124K ./libident-0.22
2.7M ./tzdata-2008h
1.6M ./ifupdown-0.6.8
120K ./liblocale-gettext-perl-1.05
168K ./libnet-netmask-perl-1.9012
4.5M ./apr-util-1.2.7+dfsg
96K ./ddrescue-1.10
1.9M ./libusb-0.1.12
6.2M ./nv6bootloader
876K ./sysfsutils-2.1.0
168K ./mime-support-3.39
8.2M ./apt-0.6.46.4
4.3M ./libpng-1.2.15~beta5
4.7M ./libgcrypt11-1.2.3
2.2M ./libogg-1.1.3
68K ./hostname-2.93
888K ./minidlna
16M ./ffmpeg-debian-0.svn20080206
396K ./cracklib2-2.7
1.4M ./sysvinit-2.86.ds1
96K ./libfile-ncopy-perl-0.34
688K ./libpci2-2.1.11
1.7M ./libdaemon-0.12
2.5M ./opencdk8-0.5.9
2.0M ./tct-1.11
12M ./sqlite3-3.5.9
3.3M ./cpio-2.6
1.5M ./net-tools-1.60
4.1M ./gphoto2-2.2.0
5.5M ./mt-daapd
4.7M ./libgpg-error-1.4
6.2M ./apr-1.2.7
25M ./net-snmp-5.2.3
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4.4M ./lzo-1.08
468K ./udhcp-0.9.8cvs20050303
76K ./libtext-iconv-perl-1.4
11M ./ntp-4.2.2.p4+dfsg
1.2M ./libwww-perl-5.805
2.2M ./librpcsecgss-0.17
21M ./openssl-0.9.8c
88K ./libhtml-tagset-perl-3.10
1.4M ./procps-3.2.7
23M ./e2fsprogs-1.41.3
14M ./openldap2-2.1.30
16M ./util-linux-2.13.1.1
348K ./libcap-1.10
912K ./tftp-hpa-0.43
2.4M ./iproute-20061002
49M ./krb5-1.4.4
3.4M ./diffutils-2.8.1
5.2M ./libapreq2-2.08
4.9M ./libtasn1-3-0.3.6
1.7M ./freetype-2.2.1
2.3M ./libgssglue-0.1
1.9M ./libdvdread-0.9.7
612K ./libdbd-mysql-perl-3.0008
6.1M ./readline5-5.2
472K ./cron-3.0pl1
4.3M ./linux-atm-2.4.1
12M ./postgresql-8.1-8.1.11
640K ./attr-2.4.32
196K ./openbsd-inetd-0.20050402
5.0M ./nut
508K ./tcp-wrappers-7.6.dbs
2.8M ./msmtp-1.4.9
1.1M ./mdadm-2.6.7
132K ./memtester-2.93.1
2.4M ./iscsitarget-0.4.16+svn162
4.5M ./sed-4.1.5
11M ./libidn-0.6.5
1.1M ./ifplugd-0.28
18M ./gnupg-1.4.6
31M ./db4.2-4.2.52+dfsg
84K ./libtext-charwidth-perl-0.04
64K ./dd_rescue
28M ./squeezecenter-7.3.2
89M ./mysql-dfsg-5.0-5.0.32
1.5M ./adduser-3.102
68K ./update-inetd-4.27
3.6M ./libselinux-1.32
20M ./libgphoto2-2.2.1
16M ./busybox-1.10.1
5.2M ./lm-sensors-2.10.1
928K ./bvi-1.3.2
7.0M ./dbus-1.1.2
5.8M ./faad2-2.6.1
496K ./libhtml-tree-perl-3.19.01
264K ./lsb-3.1
12M ./gsasl-0.2.12
1.1M ./acl-2.2.41
5.2M ./pcre3-6.7+7.4
2.0M ./wizd
5.4M ./coreutils-5.97
1.5M ./quota-3.14
6.9M ./avahi-0.6.21
3.4M ./debconf-1.5.11etch2
456K ./module-init-tools-3.3-pre4
3.5M ./pam-0.79
1.5M ./psmisc-22.3
1.7G .

Looks like GPL has a bunch of extra stuff. Any thoughts on what to delete?
Thanks,
BigBearf

I think I answered my own question. I used Fetch and the "Get" command to copy the RNDP6xxx_4.2.5_WW_src.zip file to my desktop and then deleted most of the files in the GPL folder on the RNPP. Things are running OK but I am back to square one. Does the new firmware beta have the updated kernel and would VB install be easier with the new firmware?
BigBearf

Have made some progress with the VB install but I get the following error when trying to run the VB

nas-EA-33-DF:/GPL/linux-x86-2.6# ./VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation......... VirtualBox Version 3.0.4 r50677 (2009-08-04T17:38:26Z) installer Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel. The current kernel version is 2.6.27.6.RNx86.2.1 Problems were found which would prevent VirtualBox from installing. Please correct these problems and try again.

Chirpa or anyone with any suggestions?

Updated to 4.2.7 T55 looks OK except for inability to perform add ons locally the button for local add ons does not function however that is a different deal.

I have been trying to install VB but now after the upgrade I get the following error message.

nas-EA-33-DF:/GPL/linux-x86-2.6# ./VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation......... VirtualBox Version 3.0.4 r50677 (2009-08-04T17:38:26Z) installer Detected unsupported amd64 environment. nas-EA-33-DF:/GPL/linux-x86-2.6#

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

BigBearf

did you try an apt-get install virtualbox-3.0 ?

thats how i always install my virtualbox

edit: just tried it. together with the kernel-sources provided by chirpa i was easily able to install vbox via apt-get and compile the kernel modules

edit2: just use chirpas kernel-sources and follow the instructions on page 1

Forgive me for being dense. Are you telling me to do the following?

$ mkdir /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc $ cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc $ wget http://www.readynas.com/contributed/chi ... vboxdrv.ko $ wget http://www.readynas.com/contributed/chi ... xnetflt.ko $ echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian etch non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list $ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... n_vbox.asc -O- | apt-key add - $ apt-get update $ apt-get install virtualbox-2.1 $ /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start

Should I replace the virtualbox-2.1 with virtualbox-3.08? Is this all there is to it?
What about the following?

# wget -q http://www.readynas.com/download/GPL/RN ... WW_src.zip # unzip -q RNDP6xxx_4.2.4_WW_src.zip -d ./GPL # cd GPL/linux-x86-2.6/ # make && make prepare # ln -s /c/backup/GPL/linux-x86-2.6/ /usr/src/linux # export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux # apt-get install libfontconfig1 libglib2.0-0 libice6 libsdl1.2debian libsm6 libx11-6 libxcursor1 libxext6 libxi6 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxt6 python2.4 # wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... h_i386.deb # dpkg -i virtualbox-2.2_2.2.2-46594_Debian_etch_i386.deb Setting up virtualbox-2.2 (2.2.2-46594_Debian_etch) ... Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module: done. Starting VirtualBox kernel module: done.

I guess I am confused about whether I should run the first set of command and then run the last set of commands. When I have tried it before I have run into a large GPL directory from unzipping the large zip file. I would appreciate further advice.
Thanks
BigBearf

i will compile a set of instructions i used when im at work.

its really quite easy :)