Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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PeterT34
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Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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Hey All,

I've been trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on VirtualBox 5.1.22; I created my virtual machine with 2 GB RAM and 32 GB VDI storage, but when I launch my virtual machine and click the Ubuntu install option, it says I have no disk space (when I allocated 32 GB). Does anyone know why the installer isn't recognizing the allocated space, and what I can do to solve this issue? Please see the attached pictures for further explanation. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
The error message I receive when I try to install Ubuntu on my VM
The error message I receive when I try to install Ubuntu on my VM
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My VDI allocation
My VDI allocation
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Re: Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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Follow a "start the VM from cold-boot" / "observe error" / "shutdown the VM" cycle. With the VM shut down completely (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log". Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response (see the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form).
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PeterT34
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Re: Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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Here is the log. Thanks for the help!
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS-2017-07-20-09-05-46.zip
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PeterT34
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Re: Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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I think it might have been an issue with my iso file. I redownloaded the file and the new one works. Thank you for the offer to help though, I really appreciate it!
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Re: Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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I was just going through the logs as the "new message" came in about your thread. I really hoped that someone had a decent answer, because I've been pulling my hair for the last 15' trying to figure out what's wrong with your setup and I was coming up empty.

The ISO? Really? That's a very interesting one! Corrupt ISO does not see hard drives... I'll try to remember that one. Glad you got it going. I'll mark this as [Solved] and I wish I could mark it as [Bookmark]... ;)
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PeterT34
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Re: Ubuntu Installation Issues: VDI storage not recognized

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Hahah I'm just glad it's working. Thanks again for your time/effort!
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