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Izi92
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Unknown device

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hi all,

After update to Vbox 5.2 i see on the startup this following messages :

ata1 master: VBOX CD-ROM ATAPI-6 CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
ata2 master: Unknown device
ata2 slave: Unknown device
ata3 master: Unknown device
ata3 slave: Unknown device

No operating systems are installed. I don't understand the reasons for this alerts during the startup.

Can you help me to understand?

Thanks
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Re: Unknown device

Post by BillG »

That would indicate to me that the only storage device VirtualBox can see for the vm is its optical drive. What do you see if you go to Setting>>Storage?
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Re: Unknown device

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Yes
only one Controller IDE with HDD attached and one controller SATA with DVDROM

Please see the attachment
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Re: Unknown device

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A VBox.log would help a lot more than screenshots.
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Sur! please see the log file
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Re: Unknown device

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michaln wrote:A VBox.log would help a lot more than screenshots.

Do see anything in the log file ??
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Re: Unknown device

Post by mpack »

I see that "System.vdi" is located on host drive E:. What is drive E: ? (full path "E:\DL_ENG.VM\System.vdi").

The location is currently marked as not mountable, so I assume there is something wrong with that path.
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Re: Unknown device

Post by michaln »

Yes. You probably have an old VM. It has 30 SATA ports, but only one actual device attached (VirtualBox used to create such configs, but not recently). You should reduce the number of ports on the SATA controller for the VM; it can be done in the GUI. That will get rid of the boot-up delay -- which is harmless, but annoying.
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Re: Unknown device

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michaln wrote:Yes. You probably have an old VM. It has 30 SATA ports, but only one actual device attached (VirtualBox used to create such configs, but not recently). You should reduce the number of ports on the SATA controller for the VM; it can be done in the GUI. That will get rid of the boot-up delay -- which is harmless, but annoying.

I have only one SATA connected please see the screenshot above it's is strange to see this error with only one SATA?

On the log file E:\ is a drive where install the vdi's files

:roll: already on the flog
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