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horim80
Nov 22, 2013Guide
Virtualbox on OS6 NAS
Hi all, I know that it's possible to install VirtualBox on legacy x86 NAS. What about OS6? Does anyone knows how to install VirtualBox on OS6? Thanks.
JMehring
Dec 01, 2013Apprentice
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.
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
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