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Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
Is there a way to create an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a VM? I want to be able to use Parallels on my mac with an install of of 6.10.8 so I can test software installs without risk. I tried just ...
https://github.com/ReadyNAS/sdk/wiki/Setup-ReadyNAS-OS-on-VirtualBox
Once you get it running, you can update to OS 6.10.8 just as you would a real NAS.
https://github.com/ReadyNAS/sdk/wiki/Setup-ReadyNAS-OS-on-VirtualBox
Once you get it running, you can update to OS 6.10.8 just as you would a real NAS.
I wasn't able to get this working via Virtual Box, VMware or Parallels.
On VMware I loaded the .vmdk and start it, but get:
>>Start PXE over IPv4.
PXE-E16: No valid offer received.
>>Start PXE over PVv6
Then it produces the attachment.
Looks like it's trying to network boot?
The Virtual Box gives this error:
28.2241331 MMI Watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! swapper/0
Any ideas?
t sounds like you failed to attach the boot drive, which emulates the internal flash of a real ReadyNAS, to the VM per the instructions in that article.
I've tried this multiple times now. I think I'm following the directions exactly but it still fails with the same error. I have created two SATA ports:
SATA Port 0: ReadyNASOS-6.6.0-x86_64.vmdk (Normal, 112MB)SATA Port 1: ReadyNAS OS VM_1.vhd (Normal, 5GB)
I've also tried creating two .vhd's 5GB each
I've also tried creating a VDI instead of a VHD because in the example pictures the extension for the data drive is .vdi
The instructions mention the minimum disk size should be 5GB, and the .vmdk is only 112MB, perhaps it's too small? I couldn't figure out how to expand that disk to 5GB to test though.
I think I made it!!!!
I used:
login: rootpassword: password
And I'm in...
At this point, how can I upgrade to 6.10.8?
You are using a UEFI boot. It needs to be standard BIOS.
Here is my configuration:
Can't seem to edit my reply, but I wanted to add that the boot drive emulates the flash memory in a real NAS, so it's smaller. Since the OS partition is 4GB, and swap is 512K, you are really going to want a bigger data drive than 5GB.
I installed again from scratch and I'm not using UEFI now. I'm attaching screen shots. The screen shots you tried to attach didn't come through, perhaps you could re-upload? I'm also attaching the errors I get as well. Basically I get the:
NMI Watchdog: BUG: soft lockup CPU#0 stuck for 22secs!
Basically, I was sure to UN-check "Enable EFI" in the "System" setting. I also set my data disk to 10GB. All the same result...
I also tried selecting "linux" and "debian 8 jessie" and "Other Liniux 64bit" in "General", all same result.
The screen shots show my VM configs as well as boot errors.
sleeplesswaves wrote:
The screen shots you tried to attach didn't come through, perhaps you could re-upload?
You should be able to see Sandshark's images now.
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