Hello dear Virtualbox / Linux experts !
I have two Windows VM (Win7 an Win10) running on a Ubuntu 16.04.3 host (Kubuntu)
When I start VirtualBox, I get a message which states the following :
One or more disk image files are not currently accessible. As a result, you will not be able to operate virtual machines which use these files until they become accessible later.
Press Check to open the Virtual Media Manager window and see which files are inaccessible, or press Ignore to ignore this message
I have found the following workaround : before starting VirtualBox, I run Dolphin and just select the corresponding drive so that its content is displayed. That is enough, after that I close Dolphin, run VirtualBox and I do not get this message any more, and my drive is available within my virtual machines.
Is there anything that can be done so that my drive is directly accessible ?
Thank you !
Jean-Marie
Disk image file not accessible
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socratis
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Re: Disk image file not accessible
How about following the instructions on the message? Did you try that approach? Going to the Virtual Media Manager and seeing what's missing?
And where's your drive, it's not local?
And where's your drive, it's not local?
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JMA92410
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Re: Disk image file not accessible
yes, I have followed the instructions on the message, it opens up the Virtual Media Manager and selects the drive concerned. That is no surprise, I know precisely which drive it is.The Media manager itself does not give much information. The drive is on a local HDD. It is of type "Normal" (Attributes tab). It is a Dynamically allocated storage.
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socratis
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Re: Disk image file not accessible
The big question is: is it in use by any VM or not?
VirtualBox complains if a medium is missing, it's just a warning. You have the option to never show it again, there's a checkbox right on the dialog.
VirtualBox complains if a medium is missing, it's just a warning. You have the option to never show it again, there's a checkbox right on the dialog.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
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JMA92410
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Re: Disk image file not accessible
yes the drive is in use by my VMs
If I do not select the drive in Dolfin before running VirtualBox, I get the error message and after that, inside de VM, the drive is not accessible indeed
If I do not select the drive in Dolfin before running VirtualBox, I get the error message and after that, inside de VM, the drive is not accessible indeed
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mpack
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Re: Disk image file not accessible
You can't share disk images. In the real world disk drives cannot be installed in two PCs at the same time, so the OS has no mechanism to cope with such a thing.
If the disk image is mapped to more than one VM, only one can be running all the rest must be shut down (and suspended is not shut down).
If the disk image is mapped to more than one VM, only one can be running all the rest must be shut down (and suspended is not shut down).