VirtualBox on ReadyNAS OS6

[Gex010]

I didn't really know where to post this so please move if there is a better suited forum.

I have been able to use VirtualBox on ReadyNAS in the past, but since I have moved over to the new NAS's running OS6 I have not been able to get it right, I have basic linux knowladge (enough to get it working on the previous ReadyNAS's) but now I am hitting a few issues.

Has anyone done this one OS6 yet? and if not perhaps this is our chance?

Thus far I have installed virtualbox-4.2.16 and then I try to run I get the following

root@WEZTESTNAS:~# virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.0.74.RNx86_64.2.1) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Failed to open the X11 display!

I'm obviously not worried about X11 not starting however I need virtualbox to actually run.

From this message I would assume there is a miss match in kernel headers since the ReadyNAS is proprietary?

running /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup gives me the following:

root@WEZTESTNAS:~# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup                                   /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'c'
BusyBox v1.20.2 (Debian 1:1.20.0-7) multi-call binary.

Usage: modprobe [-alrqvsDb] MODULE [symbol=value]...

        -a      Load multiple MODULEs
        -l      List (MODULE is a pattern)
        -r      Remove MODULE (stacks) or do autoclean
        -q      Quiet
        -v      Verbose
        -s      Log to syslog
        -D      Show dependencies
        -b      Apply blacklist to module names too

[ ok ] Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules:.
[ ok ] Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules:.
[....] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS:Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.0.74.RNx86_64.2.1 cannot be found at
/lib/modules/3.0.74.RNx86_64.2.1/build or /lib/modules/3.0.74.RNx86_64.2.1/soure.

[FAIL] Failed, trying without DKMS ... failed!
[....] Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules:
[FAIL] Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong ... failed

/var/log/vbox-install.log looks as follows:

root@WEZTESTNAS:~# cat /var/log/vbox-install.log                               Uninstalling modules from DKMS
  removing old DKMS module vboxhost version  4.2.16

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 4.2.16
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Attempting to install using DKMS

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.16/source ->
                 /usr/src/vboxhost-4.2.16

DKMS: add completed.
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:181: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.

Any help in making this work is appreciated, and will be by other users too I'm sure!

[chirpa]

Should be pretty similar to the 4.2 thread on the same subject. You'll need GPL kernel header sources to compile the needed modules.

[mdgm-ntgr]

Which model ReadyNAS is this on?

[Gex010]

This is actually on the VirtualBox image of OS6 that you provided in another post, probably not the best way to test it but it's all I have right now, waiting for a shipment of new ReadyNAS's

[mdgm-ntgr]

What models have you ordered?

Have you made any further progress using the GPL? The kernel folder would be called something like linux-3.0.x

[Gex010]

OK so I'm starting from scratch again, loading the kernal myself, I'm following this > https://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopi ... 35&t=26468

But http://www.readynas.com/download/GPL/RN ... WW_src.zip no longer seems to be available?

[mdgm-ntgr]

Why would you be using the GPL for 4.2.4? That is a very old firmware version from March 2009.

You should be using the GPL for 6.0.8: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2649/~/gpl-open-source-code-for-programmers