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Created March 12, 2012 19:51
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Script: reload VirtualBox kernel extension in Mac OS X
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VBoxReloadKext.sh
#!/bin/bash
unload() {
kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
}
load() {
sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VBoxDrv.kext -r /Library/Extensions/
sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VBoxNetFlt.kext -r /Library/Extensions/
sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VBoxNetAdp.kext -r /Library/Extensions/
sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VBoxUSB.kext -r /Library/Extensions/
}
case "$1" in
unload|remove)
unload
;;
load)
load
;;
*|reload)
unload
load
;;
esac
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Blizzke commented Dec 4, 2013

Cool. Note that the kexts have been moved for the last versions of VirtualBox (or perhaps because of Mavericks, dunno). In any case, they are now under "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/"

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Updated script for the latest versions of VirtualBox on OSX

#!/bin/bash

unload() {
        kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
        kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
        kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
        kextstat | grep "org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo kextunload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
}

load() {
        sudo kextload "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxDrv.kext" -r "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/"
        sudo kextload "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxNetFlt.kext" -r "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/"
        sudo kextload "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxNetAdp.kext" -r "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/"
        sudo kextload "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxUSB.kext" -r "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/"
}

case "$1" in
        unload|remove)
                unload
                ;;
        load)
                load
                ;;
        *|reload)
                unload
                load
                ;;
esac

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