VirtualBox CentOS Installation Enhancement tool

VirtualBox?everyone habitually referred to it as? Vbox?, than? VM?small size, open source, fast. However, when using? VirtualBox??installing in a virtual machine? CentOS?after that, you cannot run the installation directly.? VirtualBox?client-side enhancements that need to be configured simply to? CentOS?Normal installation in a virtual machine? VirtualBox?client enhanced functionality. Here's a look .? Ownlinux?to provide you with the"to be? centos?5.5?Virtual Machine Installation? VirtualBox?Client Enhanced features"graphic Tutorials.


1. Start installation on? VirtualBox?in the? centos?5.5?virtual machine, click"Equipment"? =>?"Installation Enhancements". This time you can see that there is a"CD"has been mounted to? centos?5.5?on the desktop. It contains the installation? VirtualBox?components for client-side enhancements.

Note: Typically, we run a direct-mounted? VirtualBox?The components of the client-side enhancements are available, but? CentOS?need to be configured, if you install directly, the following error will occur.

Bulding?the? VirtualBox? Guest? Additions? Kernel?modules?failed
Your?system?does?not?seem?to?be?set?up?to?build?kernel?modules.
look?at?/var/log/vboxadd-install.log?to?find?out?what?went?worg.? Once?you?have?corrected?it,you?run
/etc/init.d/vboxadd?setup
To?build?them

2. you need to install the relevant components of the compiled kernel.
yum?install?kernel-devel?gcc


3. after the installation is complete, make a connection
Ln?-s?/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-92.1.18.el5-i686?/usr/src/linux
Note: Be sure to do this, otherwise? VirtualBox?client-side enhancements will also be error-enabled during installation. Which"2.6.18-92.1.18.el5-i686"is the kernel version number, the different versions may not be the same, you have to fill in according to your own system kernel.

4. installation? VirtualBox?client-side enhancements tool.

Choose the one that's consistent with your system? VirtualBox?Client Enhancements tool to install, where? Vboxlinuxadditions-x86.run?applicable so +System,Vboxlinuxadditions-amd64.run?is used to --bit system.
execute the following command to install
Sh./vboxlinuxadditions-x86.run

5. Reboot the system after successful installation.

VirtualBox CentOS Installation Enhancement tool