VirtualBox

Changes between Initial Version and Version 4 of Ticket #6905


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Timestamp:
Jun 9, 2010 2:30:26 PM (14 years ago)
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Frank Mehnert
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  • Ticket #6905 – Description

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    1 VirtualBox can't spawn some VMs if both these conditions are true:
     1!VirtualBox can't spawn some VMs if both these conditions are true:
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    3 (a) the HDD storage controller is set to SATA, and
    4 (b) the VDI file is on a btrfs partition.
     3 * the HDD storage controller is set to SATA, and
     4 * the VDI file is on a btrfs partition.
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    66VBox shows a window saying "Spawning..." and later another box appears saying "Spawning (20%)... 2/2". Neither box ever disappears (their processes must be killed).
     
    1818Workaround are:
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    20 * Moving the VDI file to an ext4 partition fixes the problem.
    21 * Changing the storage type for the HDD to IDE instead of SATA also fixes the problem (ie even if the VDI file is on the btrfs partition).
     20 * Moving the VDI file to an ext4 partition fixes the problem.
     21 * Changing the storage type for the HDD to IDE instead of SATA also fixes the problem (ie even if the VDI file is on the btrfs partition).
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