[Haiku] VMDK: descriptor does not start as expected

[diver]

While trying to open vmdk image downloaded from here ​http://haiku-files.org/vm/ i get an error

VMDK: descriptor does not start as expected in '/home/diver/haiku.vmdk' (VERR_VDI_INVALID_HEADER).
VD: error opening image file '/home/diver/haiku.vmdk' (VERR_VDI_INVALID_HEADER).


Error code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: 
HardDisk
Interface: 
IHardDisk {fd443ec1-000f-4f5b-9282-d72760a66916}
Called interface: 
IVirtualBox {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}

[diver]

This images are working just fine in vmware.

[diver]

Better formatting:

VMDK: descriptor does not start as expected in '/home/diver/haiku.vmdk' (VERR_VDI_INVALID_HEADER).
VD: error opening image file '/home/diver/haiku.vmdk' (VERR_VDI_INVALID_HEADER).

Error code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: HardDisk
Interface: IHardDisk {fd443ec1-000f-4f5b-9282-d72760a66916}
Called interface: IVirtualBox {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Those files are actually bending the VMDK specs quite a bit. But as they appear to work elsewhere we're going to make them work too.

[Klaus Espenlaub]

One thing which is definitely outside the specs is that the image is exactly one byte too short. This is at least true for the image in vmhaiku.r27363.zip. It's not a multiple of 512 bytes in size. What software are you using to create those images? It definitely is broken.

[Klaus Espenlaub]

This will be fixed in VirtualBox 2.0.2.

[diver]

Fixed in Haiku itself ​http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/2722