VB 1.4.1 Virtual Machines 'inaccessible'

[wireman]

Following my upgrade from 1.4.1 to 1.6 my old VMs are now marked as 'inaccessible'. The details shows:

Could not load the settings file '/Users/chris/Library/VirtualBox/Machines/Mepis 7 RC2/Mepis 7 RC2.xml'.
Element '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}Port': The attribute 'hostMode' is required but missing.
Element '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}Port': The attribute 'hostMode' is required but missing.


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
VirtualBox
Interface:
IVirtualBox {2d3b9ea7-25f5-4f07-a8e1-7dd7e0dcf667}

How can I regain access on my old VMs?
Thanks

[S.SubZero]

For such an old version, I would recommend creating new entries for these VMs and point to the VDIs. This way it properly sets up the XML settings file.

[wireman]

How is it such an old version? AFAIK it was the previous release to 1.6 on OS X.

I did keep an eye on the website, but although the Windows and Linux host versions had updates I couldn't see any updates for the OS X version.

[poetzsch]

You can try to manual edit your xml configuration files. Add hostMode="Disconnected" to the <Port> entries of the <UART> section.

[wireman]

That fixed it. Thanks!