VirtualBox -

[Steven Stern]

On 09/05/2014 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> 
> On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote:
>> So, lessee here...
>>
>> you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having
>> to "waste" a blank CD/DVD?
>>
>> easy to do...
>>
>> in VB, once you've created the VM but before you do the install, select
>> the VM into which you wish to install, click "Settings", click "Storage",
>> under the "Storage tree" select whatever is shown as the contents of the
>> "ide" controller (in my case it's "empty"), then under "Attributes",
>> click the little CD icon and browse to the ISO you want to install by
>> clicking "choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file". Then click the OK button,
>> and fire up your VM and do the installation. Bob's your uncle!:)
> 
> 
> Ok, so now when I click on start:
> 
> Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
> 
> The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded.
> If you installed or VirtualBox package recently you need to restart the
> computer for the driver to load.
> 
> 
> 
> I see this:
> 
> [bobg at box10 ~]$ locate vboxdrv
> /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdrv.rules
> 
> What am I doing wrong, this shouldn't be so complicated? Or is it?
> 

sudo service vboxdrv setup will rebuild the drivers
sudo service vboxdrv start will start it


There are probably systemctl versions of those, but that's what my
fingers type and they still work.  (I use the version from virtualbox.org.)


-- 
-- Steve