id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host
6572,"Able to add two identical DVD images, resulting in inaccessible VM with no error message",Jamie Jackson,,"Somehow, I was able to get into a situation where I had two identical attached CD images. This resulted in an ""inaccessible"" VM, with *no* error message to guide me to the problem/fix.
I was managing the VM via the GUI.
Here is the offending config snippet:
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This corresponds to the vbox guest additions DVD image:
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I'm not completely sure what I did to get in this situation, and don't have time to reproduce it, but here's what I think was the sequence.
1. Removed IDE and floppy controller, and started XP VM (with just the sata controller/vdi).[[BR]]
2. Shut down VM.[[BR]]
3. Added IDE controller, with the ""Host Drive"" first, and the vbox guest additions image second. Also added floppy controller with a floppy image.[[BR]]
4. Started VM and clicked ""install guest additions"" via the menu.[[BR]]
5. Shut down VM.[[BR]]
6. Shut down/restarted GUI?[[BR]]
7. GUI showed the inaccessible VM, with no error in the error box.[[BR]]
Removing both duplicate attached devices from the XML config yielded an accessible VM, and I was back in business.
",defect,closed,DVD,VirtualBox 3.1.6,obsolete,Inaccessible Blank Error,,Windows,Linux