Is it possible to use VirtualBox OSE with the 64bit kernel?

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Is it possible to use VirtualBox OSE with the 64bit kernel?

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Started 7 years ago by Ceel
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Ceel

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Hello,

I wanted to use VirtualBox with the core64 ISO to acces to the entire memory but when I install the package I get error messages:

Installation of package "virtualbox-ose" ================================================================================ Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use (Open Source Edition) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copying package... [ Done ] Extracting package... [ Done ] Remember modified packages... [ Done ] Installing package... [ Done ] Removing all tmp files... [ Done ] Execute post-install commands... modprobe: WARNING: Module vboxdrv not found. modprobe: WARNING: Module vboxnetadp not found. modprobe: WARNING: Module vboxnetflt not found. add yourself to vboxusers group if you want to access host usb devices: addgroup tux vboxusers then reboot [ Done ] Update system databases... depmod: WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/modules.order: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/modules.builtin: No such file or directory [ Done ] ================================================================================ Package "virtualbox-ose" (4.2.6) is installed.
And it seems there is a bug somewhere: the dir for modules.order and modules.builtin is /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz64/

Posted 7 years ago #
az_ua

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There are no required 64-bit modules in repos, so I built them from sources, please test:
http://tank.slitaz.org/~az_ua/virtialbox-ose-4.2.6-modules-amd64-3.2.71.tazpkg

Posted 7 years ago #

Ceel

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Many thanks az_ua.

Now VirtualBox installs correctly (excepted the warnings for modules.order and modules.builtin):

Installation of package "virtualbox-ose"
================================================================================
Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use (Open Source
Edition)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copying package...                                                    [ Done ]
Extracting package...                                                 [ Done ]
Remember modified packages...                                         [ Done ]
Installing package...                                                 [ Done ]
Removing all tmp files...                                             [ Done ]
Execute post-install commands...                                      add yourself to vboxusers group if you want to access
host usb devices: addgroup tux vboxusers
then reboot
[ Done ]
Update system databases...                                            depmod: WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/modules.order: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/modules.builtin: No such file or directory
[ Done ]
================================================================================
Package "virtualbox-ose" (4.2.6) is installed.

But unfortunatly the vm does not work :(

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Posted 7 years ago #

az_ua

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Seems I had to use search before, it is impossible: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=320128
qemu is only solution that works with *-slitaz64 kernel.

Also there are a lot of info, that 32-bit kernel can access more that 4Gb of RAM after recompiling with pae or somthing like this. I'll try to make it, but not sure it will be soon or it helps at all, or for a while you can try to convert and manual install pae-kernel packages from any other linux.

Posted 7 years ago #
Ceel

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OK. I found this morning this post that confirms it too.

I compiled the SliTaz kernel 2.6.37 for pae a few years ago; I'm going to do the same for 5.0.

Thanks again

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