[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#607169: Bug#607169: /usr/share/virtualbox/VBox.sh: Save machine state with immutable images result in corrupt session

Corey Wright undefined at pobox.com
Wed Dec 15 15:15:12 UTC 2010


On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:30:18 +0100
Eloi Notario <entfe001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a virtual machine configured with its only hard drive as immutable
> for testing reasons. This makes the hard disk appear without any change
> made on the previous session, as expected.
> 
> However, if I save the machine state to continue working on later, the HD
> is backed up at the next VM start. With the memory status restored but
> different HD contents, the VM is unusable. Turning off and on the VM
> makes it usable again, but losing the saved state.

sounds like http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5267.

your report explains the root cause and that bug report only mentions
the detailed symptom, so i'm not sure the two are the same.

says it was fixed in 3.2.8 (which i've previously built for lenny as the
debian vbox maintainers make it so easy).

corey
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