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Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
Looking to install Virtualbox 6.6.0 and this is going to seem like a dumb questions, sorry, new and learning. Once it is installed, how do you it up? is it all done via command line? is there a gui that runs? i can not see how this would actually work ontop of the Base readynas OS. As I write this i just figured out--that is why people need the video out enabled on the box isn't it? anyway to run this if i do not have a way to get keyboard, monitor mouse to where my Readynas is?
Also would the VM have full access to the ReadyNAS shares? My crazy plan is to attempt to use a VM running fulltime to use a windows based backup program to backup to amazon S3 from the readnas shares. I think my 516 has the HP to do it, if I only use Tiny7 or something like that.
trying to build/use the great work of JMehring and CMassey:
I figured on a clean install in need the below updated to use ReadyNASOS_V6.6.0_WW_src.zip for me and will be using 5.1.14 as the latest build. I know this is Debian 8 (for 6.6.0 and newer) and that means I need a Jessie install vs a Wheesy right?
## Installation kernel files (NOTE: I did this step a few times before I got it working so let me know if this doesn't work) apt-get update apt-get install build-essential apt-get install vim git lm-sensors telnet export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-3.0.101-0.40 cd /usr/src/linux-3.0.101-0.40 cp /data/VirtualBox/tmp/linux-3.0.101-0.40/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86_64 /usr/src/linux-3.0.101-0.40/.config # ** Check kernel install options and modules make menuconfig make ARCH=x86_64 make modules_install ARCH=x86_64 apt-get install libqt4-opengl libvpx1
## Installation of VirtualBox cd /data/VirtualBox/ dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.20-96996~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb apt-get -f install /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup modprobe vboxdrv modinfo misc/vboxdrv.ko
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
mdgm,
thank you. do you have any other details about the PHP front end? also does that mean i would still need a monitor hooked up to the NAS or would the PHP also push everything to a browser window somewhere else?
Do not know if my logs will help yet--i have not modified my box and have a standard 6.6.0 load. However if it helps discussion and helps to get me partipcular answers for my installation, i will be glad to do it.
You said the 6.6.0 uses the 4.1 kernel -- that is all still under Debian 8 platform yes?
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
You don't need a monitor hooked up to your NAS. Hooking up a monitor and keyboard would enable you to enter the shell commands via that but it would have the same support implications as using SSH.
At the very least the date in bios_ver.log from the logs would be a help.
The kernel and the core OS are two different things. We've used the 4.1 kernel since 6.4.0 back when we were still using a core OS based on Debian 7. From 6.6.0 we now base the core OS on Debian 8.
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
thanks.. but the installation is proving disasterous.....I unpacked the ReadyNASOS_V6.6.0_WW_src.zip and the system ran out of space. is that just because i was in a VM? i really am not a linux guy and trying to learn....
Thankfully, i am working this on my VM of 6.6.0 and not killing my production system!
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
You would need to extract it to the data volume (i.e. if the data volume is called 'data', somewhere under /data) not the 4GB root volume. Depending how small or large your VM disk is it may not have room to hold this.
## Installation kernel files (NOTE: I did this step a few times before I got it working so let me know if this doesn't work) apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential apt-get install vim git lm-sensors telnet export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64 cd /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64
# ** Check kernel install options and modules make menuconfig make ARCH=x86_64apt make modules_install ARCH=x86_64 apt-get install libqt4-opengl libvpx1
## Installation of VirtualBox cd /data/VirtualBox/ dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.20-96996~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb apt-get -f install /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup modprobe vboxdrv modinfo misc/vboxdrv.ko
There are a couple of bits missed out with dependencies / packages, nothing to difficult to figure out (I didn't make notes !) .
It works well with phpVirtualBox, just add it to the Apache config as an additional site. It will complain about using the latest Vbox version, but it works fine !
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
to get the phpVirtualbox piece working, did you also have to install the PHP addons offered in the apps section or just the php software?
What apache config are you refering to? i think this may be a problem for some other software I am trying to install but the web interface does notwork!
Apreciate the help, eventually i will get this working!
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
I have coped back some of the editing I did to help you out; it may not be complete but should get you going in the right direction ! You need to follow some of the online instructions to get it unzipped into /var/www/phpvirtualbox and setup the config.php and the vbox user. For Apache (using commands as root):
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
Thanks. still working on the VirtualBox installation.
however on a new install, where do i get the right .config file? on many of the examples that is not addressed, or at least I have not figured out where to find it.
i really have little experience and trying to learn how to compile code--choosing this non standard box to learn.....
i would pay good money for a simple file to load into the readynas GUI and give me a web icon like the standard apps.....vmware or virtualbox
It seems that some may be through apt-get, but what about hte old verison of python? is that the one on the readynas? i thought that verion 2.x was no longer offered for us?
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.1: virtualbox-5.1 depends on libpython2.7 (>= 2.7); however: Package libpython2.7 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5core5a (>= 5.3.0); however: Package libqt5core5a is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5gui5 (>= 5.3.0); however: Package libqt5gui5 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2); however: Package libqt5opengl5 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2); however: Package libqt5printsupport5 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0); however: Package libqt5widgets5 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.1.0); however: Package libqt5x11extras5 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 depends on libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2); however: Package libxcursor1 is not installed. virtualbox-5.1 d dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.1 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for systemd (230-7~bpo8+2.netgear2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ... Errors were encountered while processing:
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
i spoke to soon! it was fine for about a day and one of my interfaces stopped working. So I used the other interface, shut down the VM gracefully. Then i rebooted the NAS gracefully.
then it came back and said:
ot@ReadyNAS:~/VirtualBox VMs/Windows10_64/Logs# vboxheadless WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel (4.1.30.x86_64.1) or it failed to load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed. VBoxHeadless: Error -1908 in suplibOsInit! VBoxHeadless: Kernel driver not installed
VBoxHeadless: Tip! Make sure the kernel module is loaded. It may also help to reinstall VirtualBox.
What on earth happened? Oh yeah, the interface did come back on reboot.....
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
A couple of things noted there, did you switch back to the older version of Virtualbox ? And did you run
make menuconfig and
cd /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64
make modules_install ARCH=x86_64
The modules_install I think is the bit you are missing. If you compare what you did versus the previous instructions you'll see what the difference is.
Re: Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
so i retraced my steps and used the make module command--Virtualbox seems to be very stable and survives a reboot.
However my main problem now is that the network connection on the readynas and in the VM seems to die after a few hours and only cure is a reboot. I am using the vm exclusively to send my readynas backups to amazon via an app called Goodsync on a Win10 VM--thus very heavy and consistent network usage. (granted it is only a 1mb/sec uplink, so i know i have another 7 mb/sec capability, so it is not link saturation) Strangely, the transfer continues on, but no other app in the VM, nor outside the VM can use the connection.
any thoughts on what network config change i need to make? i am using everything default, thus NAT.
should i looked at bridged networking as an option?
