| 1 | | 0. Use Mac OS X 10.6.6 on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac 9.1. |
| 2 | | 1. Download and install VirtualBox 4.0.4. |
| 3 | | 2. Create a new virtual machine to run Solaris. |
| 4 | | 3. Install OpenSolaris. |
| 5 | | 4. Within OpenSolaris, install about 150 packages. |
| 6 | | 5. Go home for the weekend. |
| 7 | | 6. Come back to find the Solaris window greyed and press Host-P to wake it up, |
| 8 | | 7. Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Solaris. |
| 9 | | Could not open the medium |
| 10 | | '/home/cshome/o/ok/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi'. |
| 11 | | VDI: invalid pre-header in |
| 12 | | ... same file name... |
| 13 | | (VERR_VD_VDI_INVALID_HEADER). |
| 14 | | VD: error VD_VDI_INVALID_HEADER opening image file |
| 15 | | ... same file name ... |
| 16 | | (VERR_VD_VDI_INVALID_HEADER) |
| | 1 | 0. Use Mac OS X 10.6.6 on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac 9.1. |
| | 2 | 1. Download and install !VirtualBox 4.0.4. |
| | 3 | 2. Create a new virtual machine to run Solaris. |
| | 4 | 3. Install !OpenSolaris. |
| | 5 | 4. Within !OpenSolaris, install about 150 packages. |
| | 6 | 5. Go home for the weekend. |
| | 7 | 6. Come back to find the Solaris window greyed and press Host-P to wake it up, |
| | 8 | 7. Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Solaris. |
| | 9 | {{{ |
| | 10 | Could not open the medium '/home/...VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi'. |
| | 11 | VDI: invalid pre-header in ... same file name ... (VERR_VD_VDI_INVALID_HEADER). |
| | 12 | VD: error VD_VDI_INVALID_HEADER opening image file ... same file name ... (VERR_VD_VDI_INVALID_HEADER) |
| 20 | | 8. Discover that file does exist and is readable and writable. |
| 21 | | m% ls -l /home/cshome/o/ok/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| 22 | | -rw------- 1 ok csstaff 9700446208 28 Feb 10:41 /home/cshome/o/ok/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| 23 | | m% wc /home/cshome/o/ok/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| 24 | | 71471861 389330678 9700446208 /home/cshome/o/ok/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| 25 | | |
| 26 | | This problem has not arisen on a MacBook Pro running 10.5. |
| | 16 | }}} |
| | 17 | 8. Discover that file does exist and is readable and writable. |
| | 18 | {{{ |
| | 19 | m% ls -l /home/...VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| | 20 | -rw------- 1 ok csstaff 9700446208 28 Feb 10:41 /home/...VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| | 21 | m% wc /home/...VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| | 22 | 71471861 389330678 9700446208 /home/...VirtualBox/HardDisks/Solaris.vdi |
| | 23 | }}} |
| | 24 | This problem has not arisen on a !MacBook Pro running 10.5. |
