VboxManage.exe hangs when cloning dynamic vdi with clonehd command

[helehele]

Vboxmanage.exe hangs in cmd when creating clone of dynamic vdi image using the clonehd command, but it doesn't happen in the case of static vdi image.

[Tor houghton]

I am running VirtualBox 2.1.4 on Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 and I am encountering an issue with cloning drives (the clonevdi/clonehd command may hang):

torh@t61p:~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks$ VBoxManage clonevdi openbsd-DHCP1.vdi openbsd-CLIENT1.vdi VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.1.4 (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: fd6ca01a-4599-45c8-9b1b-65f43420f6c6

torh@t61p:~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks$ VBoxManage clonevdi openbsd-DHCP1.vdi openbsd-CLIENT2.vdi VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.1.4 (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: 92f1e14e-85e7-44bf-ab1b-9f6667ffeea5

At this second clone, the process hangs:

torh 9803 0.0 0.1 51540 4056 pts/0 Sl+ 13:39 0:00 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage clonevdi openbsd-DHCP1.vdi openbsd-CLIENT2.vdi

torh@t61p:~$ strace -p 9803 Process 9803 attached - interrupt to quit restart_syscall(<... resuming interrupted call ...>) = 0 futex(0x1b83348, 0x81 /* FUTEX_??? */, 1) = 0 futex(0x1b832fc, 0x80 /* FUTEX_??? */, 593) = 0 futex(0x1b83348, 0x81 /* FUTEX_??? */, 1) = 0 futex(0x1b832fc, 0x80 /* FUTEX_??? */, 595

Any ideas why this may happen?

/TB

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I am also suffering from this bug with VirtualBox 2.1.4. I too am running Ubuntu 8.10 amd64.

[Slobodan Miskovic]

seems related to #3553

[Frank Mehnert]

Please reopen if still relevant with VBox 3.2.8.