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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon openpreserve

beta ova file doesn't start in VirtualBox v5.2.44

Open cannedit opened this issue 4 years ago • 6 comments

Hi,

I volunteered for testing the VRE, downloaded the beta ova file over here: https://ddhn.openpreservation.org/ddhn-beta.ova and tried to get that installed in my already existing VirtualBox v5.2.44 (with Extension pack), but it generates and error (attached). Is something wrong with this ova file or can it only be used in the latest version of VirtualBox, so v6.x?

NDE_VRE_Install_error_VirtualBox_v5 2 44

cannedit avatar Nov 11 '20 15:11 cannedit

Hi, I volunter to. I got the same error than you with my already installed Virtual Box 5.1.30.

Upgrading to the latest 6.1.16, makes the import successfull.

To be noted the installation of VirtualBox is fast, but the importation of the .ova takes about 30 minutes...

tledoux avatar Nov 11 '20 16:11 tledoux

Hi,

Ok, I switched to another computer (a Windows 7 system, the other one was a Windows 10 system), installed VirtualBox 6.1.16 and could now indeed install the beta ova file.

However, when trying to run it I got into trouble again: the system gave one error and two warnings, but I couldn't follow up on the suggestions to solve these because the options I had to change are all greyed out, so I got stuck again (see the screenshots attached).

Btw: the fact that the ova file can only be imported into a VirtualBox v6.x version should be in the manual; I know: officially the VirtualBox v5.x versions are not supported anymore, but a lot of people might still use these versions.

NDE_VRE_VirtualBox6_1 NDE_VRE_VirtualBox6_2 NDE_VRE_VirtualBox6_3 NDE_VRE_VirtualBox6_4 NDE_VRE_VirtualBox6_5 NDE_VRE_VirtualBox6_6

cannedit avatar Nov 11 '20 21:11 cannedit

Hi,

NDE was so kind to provide a new beta ova file (https://ddhn.openpreservation.org/ddhn-beta.ova) and I could make some progress using that, so I was able to change and save the setting of the second network adapter, but after the installation was finished I briefly saw the VRE screen passing by on my screen, but then I ended up with a Vagrant login screen: NDE_VRE_New_ova_01 NDE_VRE_New_ova_02 NDE_VRE_New_ova_03 NDE_VRE_New_ova_04_16

cannedit avatar Nov 25 '20 10:11 cannedit

Hi,

I tried again, using the ddhn-rc.ova, and now it worked (and I didn't had to change the network adapters):

NDE_VRE_rc-ova

cannedit avatar Dec 07 '20 20:12 cannedit

@cannedit thanks so much for your feedback, apologies for not being more proactive with replies. I can confirm that there were two issues, a misconfiguration of the virtual box extensions that only manifested itself intermittently and a rogue network adapter that was a by-product of the automated creation. I believe that they're both fixed in the RC and thanks for giving me cause for optimisim.

carlwilson avatar Dec 08 '20 11:12 carlwilson

We believe this is fixed @cannedit and we will close this shortly unless we hear differently.

carlwilson avatar Dec 06 '21 09:12 carlwilson