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Making the ReadyNAS VM work in VirtualBox 7.x
I updated from VirtualBox 6.x to 7.x when I upgraded to Windows 11, and my ReadyNAS VMs quit working. Since I test almost everything there before doing it on real hardware, I needed to fix that. With some Googling, I found a similar issue with another Linux distro and the following commands were the fix for that and also worked for me:
vboxmanage modifyvm ReadyNAS_OS6 --acpi off
vboxmanage modifyvm ReadyNAS_OS6 --ioapic off
My VM name is ReadyNAS_OS6, so substitute your VM name.
The VM window no longer auto-closes when you shut down the NAS, but everything else seems to be working and I can just close it manually. I'm not sure if the commands above caused the shut-down issue or if it's something else new in VB7, but I'm not going to worry about it.
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After some additional testing, it seems that only vboxmanage modifyvm ReadyNAS_OS6 --acpi off is required. I re-enabled I/O APIC via the settings checkbox and it still works. No change to shut-down behavior.
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