Opened 8 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#16423 new defect
Unable to boot after converting .vmdk to .vdi
| Reported by: | closingin | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 5.1.12 |
| Keywords: | clonehd clonemedium fatal vmdk vdi | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Host: Arch Linux x86_64 with 4.8.13-1-ARCH
After converting a 50GB vmdk file to vdi using the command below, I wasn't able to boot the virtual machine with the newly created vdi file because of a "fatal error: no bootable medium found"
VBoxManage clonemedium --format VDI actual.vmdk new.vdi
The conversion went well though. You will find my actual.vmdk file attached to this post, alongside 2MB of my actual-flat.vmdk, as requested by an IRC user on #vbox.
Attachments (4)
Change History (8)
by , 8 years ago
| Attachment: | actual.vmdk added |
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by , 8 years ago
| Attachment: | actual-flat-2MB.vmdk added |
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by , 8 years ago
| Attachment: | actual-flat-512KB.vmdk added |
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512KB dump of the actual-flat.vmdk file, as requested by an IRC user
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
I failed my dump (dumped 2KB instead of 2MB), and I didn't see the 512K limit. So here's 512K then. Don't download the other one.
follow-ups: 3 4 comment:2 by , 8 years ago
This is currently not reproducible here, please attach a VBox.log of a VM run with the original VMDK and one with the VDI image attached. Thanks!
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
Replying to aeichner:
This is currently not reproducible here, please attach a VBox.log of a VM run with the original VMDK and one with the VDI image attached. Thanks!
What the..I can't boot the vmdk anymore, luckily I had a backup. I'm going to try it again and I'll give you the log files asap (if it happens again).
comment:4 by , 8 years ago
Replying to aeichner:
This is currently not reproducible here, please attach a VBox.log of a VM run with the original VMDK and one with the VDI image attached. Thanks!
Well I thought I had a backup, but I don't....Anyway you'll find my logfile as an attachment.
2MB dump of the actual-flat.vmdk file, as requested by an IRC user