Opened 10 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#12473 closed defect (obsolete)
Full cloning does not clone when floppy disk is present
| Reported by: | Stephen Rondeau | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.18 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
A full clone is never created.
The error states that the same UUID exists for the original .img file and the cloned .img file. As far as I know, there is no way in VBoxManage to assign a UUID or clone a .img file to get a different UUID.
From my simple testing, it appears that one can use the OS to copy a floppy .img file to another file name and there is no UUID conflict -- the Virtual Media Manager will not complain.
Consequently, the only way to do a full clone of a VM with a floppy attached is to first detach the floppy .img file, perform the full clone, manually copy the original floppy .img to the clone with another file name, re-attach the original floppy .img to the original VM, and attach the copied and renamed floppy .img to the cloned VM.
Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.