On 03/24/2012 08:02 AM, John Francis Lee wrote:
> On 03/24/2012 07:30 AM, John Francis Lee wrote:
>> On 03/24/2012 06:27 AM, David wrote:
>>> On 3/23/2012 6:09 PM, John Francis Lee wrote:
>>>> On 03/22/2012 09:48 AM, John Francis Lee wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to save state when shutting down a virtual machine but ran out
>>>>> of space in my home directory in the process. The machine became
>>>>> unresponsive I HUP'd it... now I get...
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Cannot attach medium '/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso'
>>>>> {a3e00632-0876-4367-a1f3-b8c66e66a571}: medium is already associated
>>>>> with the current state of machine uuid
>>>>> {591e86c6-b770-457b-8838-ccfc62e5d0b2}!.
>>>>> Result Code:
>>>>> VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80BB000C)
>>>>> Component:
>>>>> Medium
>>>>> Interface:
>>>>> IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What should I do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So... I have to delete the old machine and reinstall it?! That doesn't
>>>> sound like fun...
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Start the GUI. Highlight the 'broken' VM'. Right click and a menu will
>>> appear. Select "Discard Saved State". You get to keep the VM but this
>>> will remove the crashed saved state. When you next start the VM it
>>> should boot like a cold boot.
>>>
>>> You obviously need more space to do this since the "Saved State" file
>>> can be almost as large, often is, as large as the original VM.
>>
>> Thanks, but... when I right click on the broken VM the only choices
>> available are 'remove' and 'refresh'... all the rest, including
>> specifically 'Discard Saved State', are greyed out and unavailable.
>>
>> The description next to the icon is 'inaccessible'
>>
>
> Looking in
>
> .VirtualBox/Machines/xp/Snapshots
>
> I find nothing.
>
> It is not apparent what to change in
>
> .VirtualBox/Machines/xp/xp.xml
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> jfl@ws3:~$ VBoxManage snapshot xp
> Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 4.1.10
> (C) 2005-2012 Oracle Corporation
> All rights reserved.
>
> Usage:
>
> VBoxManage snapshot<uuid>|<name>
> take<name> [--description<desc>] [--pause] |
> delete<uuid>|<name> |
> restore<uuid>|<name> |
> restorecurrent |
> edit<uuid>|<name>|--current
> [--name<name>]
> [--description<desc>] |
> list [--details|--machinereadable]
> showvminfo<uuid>|<name>
>
>
> Syntax error: Not enough parameters
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I can't figure out how to run that command... all I get is error after error
>
Turns out to have been no problem. I decided to bite the bullet and to
reinstall the xp machine from the installation disc image... I clicked
'remove' and then 'new',,, when I got pick a disk to install to, I just
looked for the old xp disk and chose it. Voila, I had a new machine.
Just like the old machine.
I'm very glad not to have to reinstall windows! What a headache and
waste of time that is with all the updates and reboots! Hooray I skipped it.
Thanks for the help...
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