hi there everyone!
The problem I'm having is in the "Rocks" distro. In my Elitist install, everything worked as it should.
Rocks install in VBox VM on Win 8 host.
I wanted to install guest additions. Normally, this requires nothing more than mounting the iso through the devices tab and sudo running the install script via the terminal. This is how it worked in elitist. In Rocks however, nothing occurs after mounting and looking for the mounted disc in either /dev or /media results in failure. I'm not quite sure how to go about running the script here.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
mounted cd iso in VM but can't find it
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Re: mounted cd iso in VM but can't find it
hey schwim,
i am assuming you are mounting through a file manager, i think Thunar?
what i'd do is go to the source, cut out the middle man. open a terminal and mount the iso from there: http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php?titl ... _.iso_file
see if you get any errors or whatever from that operation. A common downside of GUI apps is that less errors are shown to the user and thus it is easier to debug what is going on.
i am assuming you are mounting through a file manager, i think Thunar?
what i'd do is go to the source, cut out the middle man. open a terminal and mount the iso from there: http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php?titl ... _.iso_file
see if you get any errors or whatever from that operation. A common downside of GUI apps is that less errors are shown to the user and thus it is easier to debug what is going on.
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Re: mounted cd iso in VM but can't find it
Hi schwim,
no interesting news here, just wanted to let you know that if you don't find a solution in the next 24 hours, I will boot up in XP and install Vbox and try to get the guest additions installed.
Can you tell me which version of Vbox you're using in Windows? Then I'll get the same one.
One more thing: is Rocks installed in Vbox or only run as 'Live' CD? If installed, is it a dynamically expanding disk size or fixed disk size for the vbox drive? Just asking so I can reproduce.
no interesting news here, just wanted to let you know that if you don't find a solution in the next 24 hours, I will boot up in XP and install Vbox and try to get the guest additions installed.
Can you tell me which version of Vbox you're using in Windows? Then I'll get the same one.
One more thing: is Rocks installed in Vbox or only run as 'Live' CD? If installed, is it a dynamically expanding disk size or fixed disk size for the vbox drive? Just asking so I can reproduce.
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Re: mounted cd iso in VM but can't find it
Hi there guys and thanks a bunch for your help :)
@rhowaldt: I tried:
@machinebacon: v: 4.2.6 r82870 Dynamically allocated HD, 2gb mem, 128mb vid, 3d acceleration enabled.
Thanks for your time guys!
@rhowaldt: I tried:
but it returns with the following:sudo mount -o loop VBoxGuestAdditions.iso /media/iso
When looking at the vbox control panel, it shows the disk as being present and accounted for.Could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel doesn't know about the loop device? (If so, recompile or "modprobe loop".)
@machinebacon: v: 4.2.6 r82870 Dynamically allocated HD, 2gb mem, 128mb vid, 3d acceleration enabled.
Thanks for your time guys!
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Re: mounted cd iso in VM but can't find it
Humble question, no kidding: are Guest Additions still supported? I think they have change them to Extension Packs which are loaded (as ISO) in Vbox's GUI (standard "File" menu or what it is called, in Preferences).
Edit: dat -> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01. ... installing
Edit: dat -> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01. ... installing
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Re: mounted cd iso in VM but can't find it
The guest additions are still developed and used, most notably for mouse capture and custom resolution on window maximize. The extension pack is only really used when you need additional USB passthrough or other less popular extension.
Some more info here.
Some more info here.