Cant create Virtual Mashines with the new VirtualBox

[anilex]

Part of the errors from the command line:

Building IE6 VM
Checking for existing OVA at /Users/alex/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP.ova
Checking for existing IE6 - WinXP VM
Creating IE6 - WinXP VM (disk: /Users/alex/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk)
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Interpreting /Users/alex/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP.ova...
OK.
Disks:  vmdisk1 136260878336    -1  http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized   IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk  -1  -1  
Virtual system 0:
 0: Suggested OS type: "WindowsXP"
    (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values)
 1: VM name specified with --vmname: "IE6 - WinXP"
 2: Number of CPUs: 2
    (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
 3: Guest memory: 512 MB
    (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>")
 4: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import)
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 4 --ignore")
 5: USB controller
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 5 --ignore")
 6: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 2, extra slot=0;type=NAT
 7: CD-ROM
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore")
 8: IDE controller, type PIIX4
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore")
 9: IDE controller, type PIIX4
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore")
10: Hard disk image: source image=IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk, target path=/Users/alex/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk, controller=8;channel=0
0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Could not create the clone medium '/Users/alex/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk'.
VBoxManage: error: VMDK: could not create new file '/Users/alex/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 779 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp

[zamber]

I have the same issue. Reinstalling from scratch does not help. VB 4.2.20 (latest 4.2.*). Mac OS Maverics (latest).

[zamber]

Got a fix for this.

To fix the error above just skip installing IE6 with (set the versions you need in the command):

curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | env IEVMS_VERSIONS="8" bash

This can fail with two errors now. The first one complains that:

VBoxManage: error: Could not create the clone medium '/Users/zamber/.ievms/IE8 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk'.
VBoxManage: error: VMDK: could not create new file '/Users/zamber/.ievms/IE8 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS)

To fix this just remove the image in conflict:

rm -f ~/.ievms/IE8 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk

Also if you have configuration files generated in ~/VirtualBox VMs/ make sure you delete those too:

rm -rf ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/IE8 - WinXP/

You will probably also get this:

VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk '/Users/zamber/.ievms/IE8 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk' {3056e98d-c7ef-4c25-9ebf-5f76c1f07121} because a hard disk '/Users/zamber/.ievms/IE8 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk' with UUID {26adbd03-dcfc-466f-a7e0-b7fcfbd69d65} already exists

You have to unmount the existing image:

VBoxManage closemedium disk 26adbd03-dcfc-466f-a7e0-b7fcfbd69d65

Now run the ievms script again and it (hopefully) should work.

Note that the UUID will be different and depending on the image you want to install a different image will have to be deleted. Just be smart about it and once you get the hang of this you should be able to make it work.

[zapatoche]

None of the above steps worked for me. I've downgraded virtualbox to 4.2 and I'm reinstalling. So far it's working.

[andreineculau]

Just wanted to confirm that downgrading to 4.2 did the job.

[clarkewd]

If you installed virtualbox on OS X using homebrew it is also possible to install an earlier version with homebrew

[marvinli]

@zamber This helped! Thanks.

[superbland]

@zamber Thanks, unmounting helped me after a failed partial install!

[OliverJAsh]

Installed VirtualBox via Homebrew. Downgrading to 4.2 fixed this for me.

[xdissent]

Latest version requires VirtualBox 5.0