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I know that has been reported before and even supposed to have been fixed. I've tried with 3 different files from different locations and get the exact same error message. I have been able to import the .ova version of one of the files without any issues. I am on OSX version 10.9.5 and vBox version 4.3.20 r96996.

Failed to import appliance /Users/jeffreyschwartz/Downloads/Images/AIR-CTVM-K9-7-6-130-0.ovf.
Start tag expected, '<' not found.
Location: '/Users/jeffreyschwartz/Downloads/Images/AIR-CTVM-K9-7-6-130-0.ovf', line 1 (0), column 1.
Result Code:
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component:
Appliance
Interface:
IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}

Failed to import appliance /Users/jeffreyschwartz/Downloads/Images/GNS3 IOU VM.ovf.
Start tag expected, '<' not found.
Location: '/Users/jeffreyschwartz/Downloads/Images/GNS3 IOU VM.ovf', line 1 (0), column 1.
Result Code:
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component:
Appliance
Interface:
IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}

Failed to import appliance /Users/jeffreyschwartz/Downloads/Images/junos-vsrx-12.1X46-D10.2-domestic.ovf.
Start tag expected, '<' not found.
Location: '/Users/jeffreyschwartz/Downloads/Images/junos-vsrx-12.1X46-D10.2-domestic.ovf', line 1 (0), column 1.
Result Code:
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component:
Appliance
Interface:
IAppliance {3059cf9e-25c7-4f0b-9fa5-3c42e441670b}

JeffinRTP wrote:I know that has been reported before and even supposed to have been fixed.

[Citation needed]

No, seriously, can you please provide a link to the problem and the potential fix?
I did a quick search for the filenames you provided. I found the following (I hope I'm right):
- AIR-CTVM-K9-7-6-130-0.ovf -> http://ftp.citrt.net/Upload/AIR-CTVM-K9-7-6-130-0.ova
- GNS3 IOU VM.ovf -> http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/projec ... U%20VM.ova
I wasn't able to find the 3rd reference file. I downloaded the two ones linked above. They improrted just fine. No problems whatsoever.

Yeah, botched downloads is my guess too. It should be easy enough to verify by comparing MD5 checksums.

socratis wrote:

JeffinRTP wrote:I know that has been reported before and even supposed to have been fixed.

[Citation needed]

No, seriously, can you please provide a link to the problem and the potential fix?
I did a quick search for the filenames you provided. I found the following (I hope I'm right):
- AIR-CTVM-K9-7-6-130-0.ovf -> http://ftp.citrt.net/Upload/AIR-CTVM-K9-7-6-130-0.ova
- GNS3 IOU VM.ovf -> http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/projec ... U%20VM.ova
I wasn't able to find the 3rd reference file. I downloaded the two ones linked above. They improrted just fine. No problems whatsoever.

the fix, https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12345.

I will try redownloading the files and/or check the MD5 checksums


Thanks for the fast replys.

JeffinRTP wrote:

socratis wrote:

JeffinRTP wrote:

the fix, https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12345.

I will try redownloading the files and/or check the MD5 checksums


Thanks for the fast reply's.

I redownloaded the 1st two and they both had the extension of .ovf I changed it to .ova and was able to install them. Not sure why the extensions were different.