On 2/5/07, Norberto Feliberty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > >
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. :( _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
