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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ # -*- mode: ruby -*- # vi: set ft=ruby : # Preventing kernel panics - VirtualBox 4.1 and Mac OS X Lion 10.7. # # This happens on my Macbook Air Mid-2011 Core i7. Every few hours, with # one or (particularly) more VMs running, you will get a kernel panic. # # Some reading: # https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9359 # https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=45387 # https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vagrant-up/o3qv-ZMwrFQ # # The fix - downgrade to VirtualBox 4.0.14: # # OSX: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.14/VirtualBox-4.0.14-74382-OSX.dmg # # You should modify your base box to run the same version of # VirtualBox Guest Additions. Create a new vagrant project, # vagrant up, and ssh in. Run the following: # # $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` # $ cd /opt # $ wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.14/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.14.iso # $ sudo mount VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.14.iso -o loop /mnt # $ cd /mnt # $ sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --nox11 # $ sudo rm /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.14.iso # # Now logout and package up the box so you can reimport # it as your base box. (See Vagrant documentation for details on this.) # Vagrant::Config.run do |config| # This prevents disk corruption (deleted inodes) on Ext4 # filesystems under VirtualBox. In newer versions of VirtualBox, # it may be on by default. If you are seeing 'read-only file system' # errors, or 'input/output errors', or constant fsck errors on reboot, # you need this. # # Some reading: # # http://joeshaw.org/2011/09/30/terrible-vagrant-virtualbox-performance-on-mac-os-x/ # https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9749 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/528981 (Comment #51) # config.vm.customize([ 'storagectl', :id, '--name', 'SATA Controller', '--hostiocache', 'on' ]) # As of VirtualBox 4.1, you have to explicitly indicate that you will # allow symlinks to be created in your shared folders. This is for # security reasons. (I'm not using 4.1 yet, but I expect to.) # # Note that this config is PER-FOLDER, so if you create other shared # folders, replace 'v-root' in this statement with the shared folder id. # config.vm.customize([ 'setextradata', :id, 'VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/v-root', '1' ]) # This is how you set memory (MB). # config.vm.customize([ 'modifyvm', :id, '--memory', 512 ]) end