VBoxManage: error: Could not create the clone medium '/Users/mikec/VirtualBox VMs/vagrant_1317142778/box-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE)

[Mike Conigliaro]

$ vagrant up
[default] Box access_manager was not found. Fetching box from specified URL...
[default] Downloading with Vagrant::Downloaders::HTTP...
[default] Downloading box: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/[removed]
[default] Extracting box...
[default] Verifying box...
[default] Cleaning up downloaded box...
[default] Importing base box 'access_manager'...
The VM import failed! Try running `VBoxManage import` on the box file
manually for more verbose error output.
$ VBoxManage import /Users/mikec/.vagrant.d/boxes/access_manager/box.ovf 
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /Users/mikec/.vagrant.d/boxes/access_manager/box.ovf...
OK.
Disks:  vmdisk1   10737418240   -1   http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized   box-disk1.vmdk   -1   -1   
Virtual system 0:
0: Suggested OS type: "RedHat"
    (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values)
1: Suggested VM name "vagrant_1317142778"
    (change with "--vsys 0 --vmname <name>")
2: Number of CPUs: 1
    (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
3: Guest memory: 1024 MB
    (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>")
4: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 3, extra slot=0;type=NAT
5: CD-ROM
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 5 --ignore")
6: IDE controller, type PIIX4
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 6 --ignore")
7: IDE controller, type PIIX4
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore")
8: SATA controller, type AHCI
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore")
9: Hard disk image: source image=box-disk1.vmdk, target path=/Users/mikec/VirtualBox VMs/vagrant_1317142778/box-disk1.vmdk, controller=8;channel=0
    (change target path with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --disk path";
    disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore")
0%...10%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Could not create the clone medium '/Users/mikec/VirtualBox VMs/vagrant_1317142778/box-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance, callee 
Context: "ImportAppliance" at line 793 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp

See also: ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=44837

[Frank Mehnert]

Still relevant with VBox 4.1.14?

[Frank Mehnert]

No response, closing.