[vbox-dev] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

[Amit k. Saha]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Klaus Espenlaub
<Klaus.Espenlaub at sun.com> wrote:
> Amit k. Saha wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from
>> http://virtualbox.wordpress.com?
>
> This is no development related question, and thus should've been asked
> on the vbox-users mailing list.
>>
>> I am trying one of the DSL images with VirtualBox 2.0 and this is what I get:
>>
>> VBoxManage registervm
>> /home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml
>> VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.0.0
>> (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>> All rights reserved.
>>
>> [!] FAILED calling virtualBox->OpenMachine(Bstr(argv[0]),
>> machine.asOutParam()) at line 3089!
>> [!] Primary RC  = NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed
>> [!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
>> [!] Result Code = NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed
>> [!] Text        = Could not load the settings file
>> '/home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml'.
>> Element '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}VirtualBox',
>> attribute 'version': The value '1.3-macosx' does not match the fixed
>> value constraint '1.3-linux'
>> [!] Component   = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox,
>> {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}
>> [!] Callee      = IVirtualBox, {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}
>>
>> The key point here IMO is: " Element
>> '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}VirtualBox', attribute
>> 'version': The value '1.3-macosx' does not match the fixed value
>> constraint '1.3-linux'
>
> You cannot use xml config files created on other platforms. macosx !=
> linux. Just recreate the equivalent VM configuration from scratch.

Okay. So if I give away the XML and VDI created on a Linux host, it
can only be used on a Linux host?

-Amit
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