17 September 2009

Dell R200 w/ Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.3 + Virtualbox

fyi, this is my kernel on RHEL 5..

[root@anwar ~]# cd /usr/src/kernels
[root@anwar kernels]# ls
2.6.18-128.el5-x86_64

- i downloaded RPM from Sun website.. for latest Vbox 3.0.6 r51260
- either extract the RPM by double clicking or using rpm -ivh command
- u get error asking u to re-run vboxdrv setup

no problem

- update kernel headers first
yum install SDL kernel-devel kernel-headers

- just accept whatever being installed / asked to be installed

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
- make sure all ok

yum groupinstall "Development Libraries"
- make sure all ok

yum install unifdef rpm-build
- make sure all ok

now can start recompile Vbox kernel module...

[root@anwar dindon]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module                          [  OK  ]
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module                       [  OK  ]
Starting VirtualBox kernel module                          [  OK  ]

now Virtualbox ready w/ your solid Redhat Enterprise 5.3 :)

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