can't install debian on 2nd hard drive

[tlab]

Hi,

I've had linux on a 2nd hard drive before. I have dual booted to it via the bios and dual boot method using uefi and non-uefi. I've also boot to it via virtualbox having the vmdk point to the hard drive. Recently I fix it so windows 10 would boot straight into windows without the dual boot. So I'm trying to put linux back on the 2nd drive. I can boot off a usb stick and install linux to the drive, but then when in windows, virtualbox fails to load the linux system from the 2nd drive. I think the errors were something along the line the drive was full, which it was not, possibly an access issue. So I reformated the drive in windows and recreated the vmdk and try to install debian to the drive. It seems to fail once it starts to access the drive. Below is the log:

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VirtualBox COM Server 5.0.14 r105127 win.amd64 (Jan 19 2016 16:40:17) release log
00:00:00.003910 main     Log opened 2016-01-22T01:54:20.843049300Z
00:00:00.003910 main     Build Type: release
00:00:00.003910 main     OS Product: Windows 10
00:00:00.003910 main     OS Release: 10.0.10586
00:00:00.003910 main     OS Service Pack: 
00:00:00.019552 main     DMI Product Name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
00:00:00.028350 main     DMI Product Version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
00:00:00.028350 main     Host RAM: 16268MB total, 14063MB available
00:00:00.028350 main     Executable: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxSVC.exe
00:00:00.028350 main     Process ID: 6888
00:00:00.028350 main     Package type: WINDOWS_64BITS_GENERIC
00:00:00.032260          Home directory: 'C:\Users\travl/.VirtualBox'
00:00:00.034216          Loading settings file "C:\Users\travl/.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-windows"
00:00:00.195245          HostDnsMonitor: old information
00:00:00.195245            no server entries
00:00:00.195245            no search string entries
00:00:00.195245            no domain set
00:00:00.195245          HostDnsMonitor: new information
00:00:00.195245            server 1: 192.168.1.1
00:00:00.195245            no search string entries
00:00:00.195245            no domain set
00:00:00.195245          HostDnsMonitorProxy::notify
00:00:00.269037          VD: VDInit finished
00:00:00.277835          Loading settings file "C:\Users\travl\VirtualBox VMs\debian\debian.vbox" with version "1.15-windows"
00:00:00.472362          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:00:00.474318          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:00:06.228399          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:00:06.228399          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:00:06.334955          Load [C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.amd64/VBoxHostWebcam.DLL] rc VINF_SUCCESS
00:00:06.396542          ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={Saved screenshot data is not available (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:51.530700          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:01:51.530700          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:52.059795          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:01:52.059795          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:58.805058          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:01:58.805058          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:12:52.734644          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:12:52.734644          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:12:52.836560          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:12:52.836560          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:56.380860          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:13:56.380860          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:00.431302          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:14:00.431302          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:00.514864          Load [C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/win.amd64/VBoxHostWebcam.DLL] rc VINF_SUCCESS
00:14:00.566004          ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={Saved screenshot data is not available (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:15:28.161665          ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Unknown exception
00:15:28.161665          F:\tinderbox\win-5.0\out\win.amd64\release\obj\VBoxAPIWrap\MediumWrap.cpp[2245] (long __cdecl MediumWrap::GetEncryptionSettings(unsigned short **,unsigned short **))}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:15:43.945238 main     ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'C:\Users\travl\VirtualBox VMs\debian.vmdk' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:15:43.946924 Watcher  ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) aIID={0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} aComponent={VirtualBoxWrap} aText={The object is not ready}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0

I'm scanning the drive now to see if there is something wrong with the drive, but so far so good. What else could it be? What am I missing?

Thanks,
Travis

[socratis]

This is not the log that we're looking for. Generally speaking, read the following: Minimum information needed for assistance. As far as the "VBox.log.zip" goes, here's what you do:
- Start the VM.
- Record the error message. EXACTLY. Post a screenshot if you have to.
- Shut down the VM (if it hasn't aborted by itself).
- Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager.
- Select "Show Log..."
- Save it, ZIP it and attach it in your response.