On 2/5/07, Norberto Feliberty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>     Hi, I'm trying to create a virtual hard disk to install Ubuntu Linux on
> but it seems that a disk larger than 4GB cannot be created. A virtual disk
> image file larger than 4GB is created on the psychical hard disk but in the
> virtual box settings, where the virtual machine is listed, it reads as
> 115.00MB when I have in fact created a 4.11GB virtual hard disk image. and
> checking the directory where the image is located confirms that in fact the
> virtual disk of 4.11GB has been created even though the settings where the
> virtual machine is listed shows that there is only a 115.00MB disk. This
> discrepancy I feel, is the cause of me not being able to install Ubuntu.
> When I try to install Ubuntu, I get the error message saying the creation of
> swap space in partition # 5 of IDE1  master (had) failed. Anyone know if one
> can create a virtual hard disk of over 4GB? Does it have to be a dynamically
> expadning image or can it be a fixed image? I tried using fixed image for
> the disk. Thanks.
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As I known, if you are going to create a file bigger than 4GB in FAT32
disk partition, you'll meet such problem. I guess you're using
Windows. So you can put the vdi file in a NTFS disk partition.

And sorry for my poor English. :(

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