#14140 closed enhancement (wontfix)
"VBoxManage modifyhd --compact" does try to register the disk
| Reported by: | Sworddragon | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.26 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Linux |
Description
It seems the command "VBoxManage modifyhd --compact" tries to register the disk if a path is given which can result in a failure for example if the disk is already registered with another path (symlink). Maybe this could be changed so that modifying a virtual disk does not register it in cases where it is not needed.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 8 years ago
The command vbox-img does not exist on my system with VirtualBox being installed and informations about it seems to be relative rare on search engines. Also I can't find a package on the Ubuntu repository that contains this command. Is it even provided by the opensource part of VirtualBox?
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
vbox-img is part of VBox 5.0.16. Yes, it's open source. VBox 4.3 did not include vbox-img.
comment:4 by , 8 years ago
Thanks for the information. As I'm on VirtualBox 5.0.16 and the command is missing I have forwarded this specific issue to Launchpad.
I know this is a bit annoying but this is the nature of VBoxManage and not easy to change. Better use vbox-img compact to compact a disk without registering.