On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on
> > vbox, I took that one.
> >
> > 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi because it is already
> > registered.
>
> Make sure the vdi doesn't belong to any VM already. You can use the
> VBoxManage registervm and VBoxManage unregistervm commands to
> register/unregister.
>
> From the manual:
>
> The registervm command allows you to import a virtual machine definition in
> an
> XML file into VirtualBox. There are some restrictions here: the machine must
> not
> conflict with one already registered in VirtualBox and it may not have any
> hard or
> removable disks attached. It is advisable to place the definition file in the
> machines
> folder before registering it.
>
> So you need to unregister the VM and delete the old one, then use the
> VBoxManage registervm command to register the new XML file that came with
> it and then add the vdi manually. This is theory though but I'd try it
> anyway.
Did not work
[!] FAILED calling virtualBox->FindMachine(Bstr(argv[0]),
machine.asOutParam()) at line 3112!
[!] Primary RC = NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) - Invalid argument value
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
[!] Result Code = NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) - Invalid argument value
[!] Text = Could not find a registered machine named 'ReactOS 0.3.3
b.vdi'
[!] Component = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-
a361-4a8493199137}
[!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}
Is this 557a07..... value what goes in the program xml file. I could
presumably manually edit that in.
Most probably, those who create these VDIs should unregister them before
posting.
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