Opened 14 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#8435 reopened defect
VirtualBox only works with floppy disk images which have a certain filename extension — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | Donuts | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.4 |
| Keywords: | floppy image extension | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
VirtualBox 4.0.4 seems to refuse to work with floppy disk images unless the image filename has a certain extension. For example, on selecting "myfloppy.bin" in the GUI, VirtualBox says:
Failed to open the floppy image /home/user/myfloppy.bin. Could not get the storage format of the medium '/home/user/myfloppy.bin' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005) Component: Medium Interface: IMedium {9edda847-1279-4b0a-9af7-9d66251ccc18} Callee: IVirtualBox {d2de270c-1d4b-4c9e-843f-bbb9b47269ff}
However, if I rename the file to myfloppy.dsk, there is no problem. I suggest that the filename limitation be removed. (If the selected file is exactly 1474560 bytes long, it will be a raw floppy disk image.)
