No responses to the message below. Are there any virtualbox developers here? Should a bug report be created somehow, and if so, where and how?
The behavior is cross-platform, but I won't call it a bug for windows or mac, because there isn't an obvious use-case in windows or mac. I call it a bug, because in solaris or linux (if you're using btrfs) you're very likely going to want to create a new zfs filesystem for a new VM, which means virtualbox really should have an option to happily move forward and create a new VM in a pre-existing empty directory. > -----Original Message----- > From: vbox-users [mailto:vbox-us...@clevertrove.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:07 PM > To: 'vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net' (vbox-users- > commun...@lists.sourceforge.net) > Subject: [VBox-users] Cannot create the machine folder in the parent folder > > I consider this a bug, and hope it can be addressed in a future release. > Running VirtualBox 4.2.6 on OpenIndiana 151a7: > > Is this a good place to report something as a bug, and see it have a bug > ticket > created? > > Normally, up to and including 4.1.x, I create a new zfs filesystem for each > virtualbox guest. > sudo zfs create virtualmachines/foomachine > And then go into Virtualbox, and create a new machine named "foomachine" > > But, I just upgraded to 4.2.x, and the new behavior is, if a directory already > exists, virtualbox refuses to allow you to create a new machine in that > directory. It says "Cannot create the machine folder foomachine in parent > folder /virtualmachines" > > The workaround, at present, is this: > > Don't zfs create before creating the new machine. > Start by creating the new machine, with no hard drive. This will create the > directory, with .vbox file in it, only. > Close VirtualBox. > Now rename the directory "mv /virtualmachines/foomachine > /virtualmachines/foomachine_temp" > zfs create virtualmachines/foomachine > mv /virtualmachines/foomachine_temp/* /virtualmachines/foomachine/ > rmdir /virtualmachines/foomachine_temp > > Launch VirtualBox, Edit your machine and add a virtual hard drive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
