On Monday 05 January 2009 13:46:01 Frank Mehnert wrote:
> Paul,
>
> On Monday 05 January 2009, paul williamson wrote:
> > No-one has been able to help with this so far, but since getting an Acer
> > netbook I now have two machines with the problem, as well as a laptop
> > which still uses 1.5.2. as I can't upgrade without getting the same
> > problem..
> >
> > I get the problem below on my desktop PC running openSuse 10.3. On the
> > Acer Asprire One I don't get an error message, it just restores the
> > machine up to 99% and then aborts.
> >
> > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
> > + (from previous post)
> >
> > Ever since 1.5.2 I have been unable to re-start a saved machine when the
> > host os is installed on a SATA drive.
> >
> > However, I did a stupid thing a couple of days ago, (wiped out a lot of
> > my main HD, but that's another story !) and so I have re-installed my
> > Host OS (openSuse 10.3), this time using a SATA drive.
> >
> > I re-installed VB 1.6.6, and found I couldn't re-start a saved machine.
> > So, I have now upgraded to VB 2.1.0, but theproblem persists.
> >
> > I get this error message:
> >
> > Unable to restore the virtual machine's saved state
> > from '/home/paul/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows
> > XP/Snapshots/{bc124386-18a4-4518-20ba-4b442be8f99e}.sav'. It may be
> > damaged or from an older version of VirtualBox. Please discard the saved
> > state before starting the virtual machine
> > (VERR_SSM_LOAD_CONFIG_MISMATCH).
>
> Unfortunately, saved states of versions prior to 1.6.0 were not
> compatible with future versions. Older download pages contained a
> hint that you should drop all snapshots and saved states before you
> upgrade VirtualBox.
>
> To solve your problem you could do the following: Install the old
> version of VirtualBox (1.5.6 is still available on
> www.virtualbox.org/download), shut down all VMs properly, merge all
> snapshots. After that, upgrade VirtualBox (I suggest you to upgrade
> to 2.0.6) and you should be able to start your VMs again.
>
> Starting with version 1.6.0, saved states should be usable with newer
> versions of VBox as well.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Frank
Frank,
Many thanks for the reply. However, I don't think it addresses the problem in
my situation as I have done a complete full re-install of XP as a guest (from
the original XP CD) on both my desktop and my Acer Aspire. This means that I
am not using anything that remains of the earlier version. Even with
everything new, the problem remains. On the desktop I get the error posted
above. On the Acer Aspire the "restoring machine" stops at 99% and then it
goes back to the main window showing "Aborted".
I am using 2.1.0, but I have experienced the problem with all versions that I
have tried since 1.5.2. in each case I have tried a full re-install of XP.
On my laptop, I continue to use 1.5.2 for now, and so avoid the problem that
way.
Please let me know if you need more information or log files.
Kind regards
Paul
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