VirtualBox problem in F15

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 00:17 -0400, David wrote:
> On 5/28/2011 10:24 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 21:09 -0400, David wrote:
> >>> OK, I tried releasing it and got:
> >>>
> >>>         Failed to detach the hard disk
> >> (/home/poc/.VirtualBox/Win7.vdi)
> >>>         from the slot SATA Port 0 of the machine Win7.
> >>>         
> >>>         The machine is not mutable (state is Saved).
> >>>         
> >>> poc
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Okay. This is a 'from past experiences guess' here. Not dangerous and
> >> damages nothing.
> >>
> >> Rename/MV the .Virtualbax file to 'something' memorable. This is the
> >> VDI
> >> config file. I *think* that your install has a confusion with the ID
> >> of
> >> the VDI and what the VDI ID actually is. This .Virtualbox file will be
> >> recreated when you start the VBox GUI (which should show nothing and
> >> then you chose to make a new entry. Do the config and select 'existing
> >> HD' and point to the VD (Win7.dvi?) that you want to use.
> >>
> >> That *should* fix this. :-)
> > 
> > I'm willing to try it but I want to be clear about what you're saying.
> > Do you mean move/rename the .VirtualBox directory or some file within
> > it?
[...]
> I did not say this correctly. I meant to rename or Move Virtualbox.xml,
> the configuration file that is inside .Virtualbox. That 'resets' the GUI
> to not see anything (the clean slate0 without deleting anything. The GUI
> should look like it did before you created the VM. Now creating a new VM
> should offer you to actually creat a new on or use and exsting one. You
> chose the existing one.

That did it. Many thanks.

poc