Opened 14 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#6572 closed defect
Able to add two identical DVD images, resulting in inaccessible VM with no error message — at Initial Version
Reported by: | Jamie Jackson | Owned by: | |
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Component: | DVD | Version: | VirtualBox 3.1.6 |
Keywords: | Inaccessible Blank Error | Cc: | |
Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
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:
<StorageController name="IDE Controller" type="PIIX4" PortCount="2"> <AttachedDevice passthrough="false" type="DVD" port="0" device="0"> <Image uuid="{aa281874-fdb0-421e-2194-7d0a4816598f}"/> </AttachedDevice> <AttachedDevice passthrough="false" type="DVD" port="0" device="1"> <Image uuid="{aa281874-fdb0-421e-2194-7d0a4816598f}"/> </AttachedDevice> </StorageController>
This corresponds to the vbox guest additions DVD image:
<Image uuid="{aa281874-fdb0-421e-2194-7d0a4816598f}" location="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso"/>
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.
- Removed IDE and floppy controller, and started XP VM (with just the sata controller/vdi).
- Shut down VM.
- Added IDE controller, with the "Host Drive" first, and the vbox guest additions image second. Also added floppy controller with a floppy image.
- Started VM and clicked "install guest additions" via the menu.
- Shut down VM.
- Shut down/restarted GUI?
- GUI showed the inaccessible VM, with no error in the error box.
Removing both duplicate attached devices from the XML config yielded an accessible VM, and I was back in business.
VM Config with Duplicate Attached DVD Images