Installing virtualbox on linode

Question

I've followed the VirtualBox installation guide found here and have switched my Linode kernel to use 2.6.32-47-generic-pae using this guide, but I still keep getting the following error when I run sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup:

Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed! (Running VirtualBox in a Xen environment is not supported)

Any ideas?

You can't run a virtual machine in a virtual machine. VirtualBox won't support it. — tombull89, May 21 '13 at 08:23
And if you want to run production virtual machines, VirtualBox should be nowhere on your list of things to install. — Michael Hampton, May 21 '13 at 12:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '13 at 08:27

Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed! (Running VirtualBox in a Xen environment is not supported)

This seems fairly clear, your server is a Xen client and as such you can't run VirtualBox within it.

You need to get a VPS thats supports this environment or real hardware.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '13 at 08:27

1

Your Linode VPS is already a virtual machine (running under Xen). You need a piece of physical hardware to run VirtualBox.

answered May 21 '13 at 08:27

Flup

7,688
1
31
43

Installing virtualbox on linode

2 Answers2