Ticket #11210 (closed defect: obsolete)
Compacting a writethrough or multiattach disk makes the virtual machines inaccessible
| Reported by: | askox | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
- Edit and then zerofree a writethrough or multiattach disk
- Do not detach from machines
- VBoxManage modifyhd --compact
- Open VirtualBox. The machines have become inaccessible. showhdinfo reports that the disk is now in normal mode.
Whenever you do hdinfo or modifyhd --type, and open VirtualBox within 5 seconds, the machines will be accessible. If you do hdinfo or modifyhd --type, and open VirtualBox after 5 seconds, the machines will be inaccessible.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by aeichner
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to obsolete
Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.
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Cloning the disk makes it (the original copy) accessible again.