Opened 13 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#9113 closed defect (obsolete)
can't open an old VM because the read-only ISO image is in use by a different running VM — at Version 1
| Reported by: | David Nicol | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.10 |
| Keywords: | DVD read-only locking uuid | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by )
I have a VM open and running, with a knoppix DVD as its media. Which should be read-only. I just upgraded VirtualBox and the new VirtualBox does not know about the VMs I had before the upgrade, so I tried to open one, that happens to have the DVD loaded in it. I got the attached.
Without opening the virtual machine definition file in a text editor or similar, there doesn't seem to be a way forward here, at least until I shut down the one that has the DVD image open.
Ideally, VirtualBox would let me open read-only media in multiple VMs at once. Next ideally, I should have gotten a settings editor, to remove the DVD from the non-running VM, or redirect it at a copy.
Change History (2)
by , 13 years ago
| Attachment: | SecondInstanceOfA_Read_Only.PNG added |
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comment:1 by , 8 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → obsolete |
| Status: | new → closed |
Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.
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