On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from >> http://virtualbox.wordpress.com? >> >> I am trying one of the DSL images with VirtualBox 2.0 and this is what I >> get: >> >> VBoxManage registervm >> /home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml >> VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.0.0 >> (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. >> All rights reserved. >> >> [!] FAILED calling virtualBox->OpenMachine(Bstr(argv[0]), >> machine.asOutParam()) at line 3089! >> [!] Primary RC = NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed >> [!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true >> [!] Result Code = NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed >> [!] Text = Could not load the settings file >> >> '/home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml'. >> Element '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}VirtualBox', >> attribute 'version': The value '1.3-macosx' does not match the fixed >> value constraint '1.3-linux' >> [!] Component = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, >> {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137} >> [!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137} >> >> The key point here IMO is: " Element >> '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}VirtualBox', attribute >> 'version': The value '1.3-macosx' does not match the fixed value >> constraint '1.3-linux' >> " >> >> Any solutions? >> -- >> >> Amit Kumar Saha > > Amit the error message is telling you the reason. Read it carefully. You're > trying to load a VM disk image which contains Linux, with the attribute > "Linux" on the disk file, in a VM which has "Mac OS-X" has its attribute. > > Create a new VM using the Virtualbox GUI, set it as Linux as the guest OS > (on the drop-down), and then point it to the downloaded file. Should work...
You mean the VDI ? I will try and re-frame my query: Any VM created with VBox will have 2 files- the settings file- foo.xml and the VDI file- foo.vdi. Am I correct? If yes, then how do I create a VM using the above two files using VBoxManage? Thanks, Amit -- Amit Kumar Saha http://blogs.sun.com/amitsaha/ http://amitksaha.blogspot.com Skype: amitkumarsaha _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
