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Hi, hoping someone can help with this. I ran the command below and in the middle of the process I had to kill it to reboot for something else. So then when I run it again I am getting an error message. I probably just need to clear out some folders that were created but I just don't know enough about this.

I have to post one message before I can post URLs so see my next post for more info, thanks.

Below is the command and the error message. Thanks for the help!

Here is the web page that I was following:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet ... ie-9-free/

Here is the command that I was running:
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="9" bash

Here is the error message that I'm getting:
Brads-MacBook-Pro:~ bradgood$ curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="9" bash
Checking for VirtualBox
Checking for Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Building IE9 VM
Checking for existing OVA at /Users/bradgood/.ievms/IE9 - Win7.ova
Checking for existing IE9 - Win7 VM
Creating IE9 - Win7 VM (disk: /Users/bradgood/.ievms/IE9 - Win7-disk1.vmdk)
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /Users/bradgood/.ievms/IE9 - Win7.ova...
OK.
Disks: vmdisk1 135291469824 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specif ... mOptimized IE9 - Win7-disk1.vmdk -1 -1
Virtual system 0:
0: Suggested OS type: "Windows7"
(change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values)
1: VM name specified with --vmname: "IE9 - Win7"
2: Number of CPUs: 2
(change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
3: Guest memory: 1024 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 3, 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: SATA controller, type AHCI
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 10 --ignore")
11: Hard disk image: source image=IE9 - Win7-disk1.vmdk, target path=/Users/bradgood/.ievms/IE9 - Win7-disk1.vmdk, controller=10;channel=0
0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Could not create the clone medium '/Users/bradgood/.ievms/IE9 - Win7-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_VD_VMDK_INVALID_FORMAT)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 781 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp
Brads-MacBook-Pro:~ bradgood$

You are using a third-party script to perform your task, and there is no way to tell if the script is correct and works like it should. As such, we cannot support this.
I suggest you seek support with the author of the script.

From what you posted, it seems to be issue with the VMDK that the script is trying to import.

Thanks for the information. I don't understand your statement about "we cannot support this". What does that mean exactly? Is this a board for official support of the product only? If so is there another unofficial forum that you know of?

I'm not looking for official support, just people to help me figure out what may be the issue and to correct it. I don't know enough about VirtualBox or the scripting language to do it myself but I'm willing to learn. I'm not sure the author of article wrote the script or if I'd be able to get anywhere contacting the author.

Thanks.

Brad Good wrote:Is this a board for official support of the product only? If so is there another unofficial forum that you know of?

This board is only made of users like you and me, but we do not spend time or bandwidth supporting anything else than the official product. If we did, I don't think all the time in the world would be enough to help everyone here.
I am personally not aware of any unofficial forum

Brad Good wrote:I'm not looking for official support, just people to help me figure out what may be the issue and to correct it. I don't know enough about VirtualBox or the scripting language to do it myself but I'm willing to learn. I'm not sure the author of article wrote the script or if I'd be able to get anywhere contacting the author.

What we can do on the other hand, is to help you with using the Virtualbox commands to do what you want to do - if you can tell us what that is.
So the first step is : what are you trying to achieve here? What is the script doing? and with what?

Well I will repeat what I said : you will have to contact the author of the blog post or the scripts used.
Also, apparently, the script is downloading some image from somewhere, which is not compatible from the error you gave in your first post.
This is not a Virtualbox issue I am afraid.

Thank you