On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
I got my answer- you cannot use a config file meant for OS-1 on OS-2 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
