Many thanks -- yes, the external hard disk is formatted as FAT32. Would a solution be to backup the virtual hard disk file, reformat the external hard disk as NTFS, then restore from backup the virtual hard disk file? Or do I need to start again from the beginning?
Many thanks for your help Alex 2008/8/22 Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Alex, > > Ok. What file system is on the external hard disk? FAT32? Is so > then this is the problem. FAT32 has a limited files size (4GB). > > It is not a problem if the maximum size of the virtual hard disk > is bigger than the available space. > > Kind regards, > > Frank > > On Friday 22 August 2008, ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: >> The host computer is Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1, SP3. >> >> The guest is Windows 2003 Server. >> >> The virtual hard disk attached to the guest is on an external hard >> drive with 18.5 GB free space (could that be the problem -- the >> virtual hard disk is configured to allow 20 GB but this exceeds the >> space available on the physical hard disk?). >> >> Alex >> >> 2008/8/22 Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > On Friday 22 August 2008, ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> While attempting to run an application, I'm receiving the following >> >> error message: >> >> >> >> Error ID: DevATA_DISKFULL, Severity: Non-Fatal Error >> >> >> >> "Host system reported disk full. VM execution is suspended. You can >> >> resume after freeing some space." >> >> >> >> However, the virtual machine, a Windows 2003 Server, shows that I have >> >> 16 GB free space on the hard disk. >> >> >> >> I do note that in Virtual Disk Manager the disk image has a virtual >> >> size of 20 GB, and an actual size of 4 GB. But I thought that >> >> VirtualBox allowed the hard disk to expand up to the virtual size as >> >> needed. >> >> >> >> I should be most grateful for any suggestions. >> > >> > What host, what guest? Is Win 2003 Server your guest? >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > >> > Frank >> > -- >> > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > vbox-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vbox-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > > -- > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
