Virtualbox on OS6 NAS

I have heard that it is possible. I haven't tried it. What model do you want to run VirtualBox on?

mdgm wrote:
I have heard that it is possible. I haven't tried it. What model do you want to run VirtualBox on?

I have RN516. I think that it has enough performance for running Virtualbox.

It should work, but I don't know how to do it. Steps should be somewhat similar to those for 4.2.x

mdgm wrote:
It should work, but I don't know how to do it. Steps should be somewhat similar to those for 4.2.x

Thanks. I will try.

Ah...I give up. Is there anyone who has tried this?

I was finally able to get the latest VirtualBox running on OS 6.1.4 last night. It only runs 32 bit guest systems at this time until I can figure out how to enable 'VT-x' since I get this error when trying to run a 64 bit guest (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX). I am assuming this may need to be enabled in BIOS???

I am running it on a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus with 4 Gb memory on 6.1.4.

I will list my notes I wrote down to get it going. There may be other dependencies I had installed previous to this so I will list all my dependencies I have in next post (IE x-windows)

The following is just a text file of notes I use so I can restore a system at a later date; it is not a shell script.

apt-get update
apt-get install build-essentials

# Install ReadyNas kernel headers from
# *** MAKE SURE ITS FOR THE CORRECT KERNEL (uname -a) ***
# http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2649/~/gpl-open-source-code-for-programmers
#
mkdir tmp
mv ReadyNASOS_V6.1.4_WW_src.zip tmp
cd tmp
unzip /ReadyNASOS_V6.1.4_WW_src.zip
cp -rp linux-3.0.93 /data/.apps
ln -s /data/.apps/linux-3.0.93 /usr/src/linux-3.0.93

# Need to build kernel since autoconf.h is not in include/generated/autoconf.h yet
# Need .config file; select No to new options  6.1.4 has .config I can use; 6.1.2 does not so get from .4
export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-3.0.93
cd /usr/src/linux-3.0.93
make ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig && make ARCH=x86_64

# more virtualbox dependancies
apt-get install libqt4-opengl libvpx1

# Get the latest from virtualbox.org (debian build)
dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.4-91027~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

modprobe vboxdrv
modinfo misc/vboxdrv.ko

Here are the other dependencies I mentioned in post above. More that likely you will only need 'x-window-system' and maybe 'xvfb'

#!/bin/sh

apt-get update

#General
#--------
apt-get install vim git sensors telnet

#For Bitcasa
#-----------
apt-get install x-window-system
apt-get install xvfb
apt-get install liblog4cxx10 libprotobuf7 libqtgui4
dpkg -i bitcasa_0.9.6.99_amd64.deb

cp Xvfb /etc/init.d/
cp bitcasa /etc/init.d/
update-rc.d Xvfb defaults
update-rc.d bitcasa default

JMehring thank you for these instructions.

If you download the logs (Status > Logs > Download all logs), what are the contents of bios_ver.log ? Your unit might have an old BIOS and simply need a BIOS update which you can install via SSH using flashrom.

@mdgm, here is a copy of that log, bios_ver.log

bios_date=10/03/2008
bios_vendor=American Megatrends Inc.
bios_version=080014
board_asset_tag=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
board_name=To be filled by O.E.M.
board_serial=To be filled by O.E.M.
board_vendor=To be filled by O.E.M.
board_version=To be filled by O.E.M.
chassis_asset_tag=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
chassis_serial=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
chassis_type=3
chassis_vendor=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
chassis_version=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
modalias=dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd10/03/2008:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvr10/03/2008FLAME6-MBV1.6:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
product_name=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
product_serial=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
product_sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
product_uuid=00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009
product_version=10/03/2008 FLAME6-MB V1.6
sys_vendor=To Be Filled By O.E.M.
uevent=MODALIAS=dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd10/03/2008:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvr10/03/2008FLAME6-MBV1.6:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:

Yes. You need an update: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=387035#p387035

The Ultra 6 Plus uses the same BIOS as the Pro 6: "Pro(6)/FLAME6-MB (0726/v2.0)"

1. Download the add-on e.g. using wget
2. # dd if=BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin bs=16384 skip=1 | tar -xv
3. # tar -xvf files.tgz
4. Install flashrom and its dependencies via apt-get
5. Use the flashrom command from the install.sh script to update the BIOS.