Hi, sorry about that I forgot to mention that I am using Windows XP so yes, it is an NTFS partition but still having problems. Like I mentioned, only the main screen where the virtual machine is listed shows the size of the virtual hard disk different than what was actually created.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee MaRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "VirtualBox end user list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Virtualbox not able to create virtual hard diskslarger than 4GB? > 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 > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
