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Error creating a new vm "The hard disk storage unit at location ... already exists" #99
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Hi, Very strange issue :) Is it happening once or repeatedly when you try to create a VM? |
Just try to setup a Gentoo machine. It gave me headache and I'm a regular ArchLinux user which is considered as hard to setup. I give up sorry. |
I can even try to remove ~vbox/.VirtualBox/ and same will happen.
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Creating machines from the cli as the vbox user works just fine though...
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Created an issue at the virtualbox guys too .. https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17899 |
Hi awesome peeps. Glad to see the project is alive again and kicking !
I have a problem for a while now not being able to create vms.
OS: Gentoo
VirtualBox: 5.2.6
apache 2.4.29
php-fpm 7.0.27
Phpvirtualbox: git:develop@788f43e
vboxwebsrv runs as user vbox !
In config.php I have the following set:
So on a fresh new setup, I log in the phpvirtualbox web interface and do this:
Click New
Name and operating system: Name: test ( leave defaults, linux, debian 32bit )
Click next
Memory size: Leave defaults ( 1024 )
Click next
Hard disk: Leave defaults ( Create a virtual hard disk now )
Click Create
Hard disk file type: Leave defaults ( vdi )
Click next
Storage on physical hard disk: Leave defaults ( Dynamically allocated )
Click next
File location and size: Leave defaults ( test, 8GB )
Click Create
A new message appears
A new message appears
A new message appears
A new message appears:
Trying to click create again just stays in "loading". All I can do is refresh and reload the page and try again.
And that's about it. If I try to look at that file,
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