VirtualBox NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

[amnixed]

Hello,

My host machine had run out of disk space. After successfully recovering several hundred GB space, I'm now unable to start a Windows 10 guest:

VBoxManage startvm winamet --type headless
Waiting for VM "winamet" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'winamet' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine

The host is FreeBSD 11:
$ uname -Kmrs
FreeBSD 11.4-STABLE amd64 1104511

Any way I can start this Windows guest?

 

[wolffnx]

maybe is the same way, but you try vboxheadless --startvm winamet

 

[grahamperrin]

<https://www.google.com/search?q=0x80004005+MachineWrap+IMachine&tbs=li:1#unfucked>

My host machine had run out of disk space.

Whilst attempting to save a guest?

After successfully recovering several hundred GB space,

How so?

… FreeBSD 11: …

I assume that you're not yet able to upgrade to a supported release.

Since you're working with a somewhat complex port, this is worth noting:

Ports and Packages for Supported Releases | The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD bug 259929 – releng/11.4 package branch is listed beyond its estimated end of life (EOL); consider de-listing