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How to fix virtualbox startup error: "vboxadd-service ... failed!"
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I'm using VirtualBox 4.0.8 with Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit host and debian 6.0.1a amd64 guest (in CLI mode). I installed Guest Additions and it seems to work, at least partially, as I have successfully setup a shared folder between host and guest. However every time I boot the guest, I get the fol…
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Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service ...done. startpar: services(s) returned failure: vboxadd-service ... failed!
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