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04-18-2010, 04:34 AM
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upgrade virtual box on ubuntu9.10 64 bit what's the best approach ?
i wonder if anyone might recommend of the best way to upgrade an existing running environment of VB with a new version as suggested from time to time by sun/oracle .
I have done it once and this was a nightmare . any one can come up with "best practice" ?
Thanks In advance
Yoav
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04-18-2010, 05:07 AM
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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: @work:RHEL 5.4/Fedora 13, @home:slack64-current,ubuntu lynx studio
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If I am understanding correctly: after a kernel upgrade try
/etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup
Recompiled for your new fresh kernel. Safe, and no need to restart
Last edited by bmxcess; 04-18-2010 at 05:10 AM.
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