[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#451742: Bug#451742: Don't modprobe vboxadd

[Michael Meskes]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 10:22:14PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> If I put the software on a live debian cd, I can boot the same set of software 
> on real hardware or in a VM. The software should do the correct thing in both 
> the real and virtual worlds.

Absolutely right. That's why the init script will check whether it is
inside the VM before starting anything.

> Nothing, udev automagically attached the module to the emulated virtualbox PCI 
> hardware as it should.

And you're running debian inside the vm? I did a sid install in my vm
and it does not get attached. I wonder what's different.

Michael
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