Have you ever come across the Unable to insert the virtual optical disk error? Users, who have a VirtualBox and are trying to create a virtual machine may be accustomed to this message. VirtualBox is open-source software for the x86 computing architecture used to deploy servers, desktops, and embedded operating systems as VMs or Virtual Machines. By definition, the Virtual Optical Disk file simply means that it is a .iso image containing a complete copy of the contents of a CD or DVD. The complete structure of the file along with the contents is stored in this file. The Virtualbox unable to insert virtual optical disk error message may pop up due to a few glitches in the settings. If the VirtualBox is not properly set up on your PC, you may see this error. The article aims to provide methods to clear this issue on various platforms.
How to Fix Virtualbox Unable to Insert Virtual Optical Disk
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1. उघडा टर्मिनल from the menu, type the following command and press the प्रविष्ट करा key to install VirtualBox.
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
2. Enter login password of your PC in the field and press the की प्रविष्ट करा.
3 प्रकार y मध्ये तुम्हाला पुढे जायचे आहे का? विभाग आणि दाबा की प्रविष्ट करा.
4. Wait till the installation is complete, type virtualbox, आणि दाबा प्रविष्ट करा key to open the VirtualBox.
Method 1: On Ubuntu OS
The following steps describe the method to clear the issue on VirtualBox in the Ubuntu OS.
1. उघडा टर्मिनल on your PC, type the following command, and press the की प्रविष्ट करा.
/media/jerry/VBox_Gas_6.1.32
2. Type the following command and press the की प्रविष्ट करा to run the file.
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
3. If you see the output message below, the installation is successful.
Running kernel modules will be replaced when the system is restarted
Method 2: On Other Ubuntu OS Versions
The following steps can be followed to fix the Virtualbox unable to insert virtual optical disk error if the OS of the VirtualBox is either Ubuntu 20, Ubuntu 21, or Ubuntu 22.
1. उघडा VirtualBox VM settings.
२. राइट-क्लिक करा Controller: IDE मध्ये स्टोरेज विभाग आणि क्लिक करा Remove disk from virtual drive पर्याय.
टीप: जर Remove disk from virtual drive option is not available, click on संलग्नक काढा पर्याय.
3 वर क्लिक करा Force Unmount वर बटण VirtualBox- Question विंडो.
4. उघडा टर्मिनल on your PC from the home menu.
5. Type the following command and press प्रविष्ट करा key to create a directory for mounting the Guest Additions installation CD.
sudo mkdir –p /mnt/cdrom
6. Type the following command and press की प्रविष्ट करा to mount the files to the created directory.
sudo mount /dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom
टीप: If the command doesn’t work, type the command as sudo mount –o loop /dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom.
7. Type the following command and press the प्रविष्ट करा चालविण्यासाठी की Guest Additions installation software in the directory to fix the Unable to insert the virtual optical disk error.
cd /mnt/cdrom sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
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Method 3: On macOS/Linux OS
The following steps can be used to fix the Virtualbox unable to insert virtual optical disk error in VirtualBox with macOS or Linux OS. The steps mentioned are considering a macOS VirtualBox and the steps can be used on Linux OS VirtualBox.
Step I: Alter Settings in Virtual Machine
As a first step, alter the settings of the Virtual Machine by following the steps below.
1. Turn off the macOS Virtual Machine.
२. राइट-क्लिक करा macOS Virtual Machine device in the left pane of the व्हर्च्युअलबॉक्स व्यवस्थापक.
3 वर क्लिक करा सेटिंग्ज शीर्ष मेनूमधील पर्याय.
4 वर क्लिक करा स्टोरेज tab on the left pane of the window.
२. राइट-क्लिक करा Controller: IDE आणि वर क्लिक करा Adds optical drive चिन्ह
6 वर क्लिक करा Leave empty वर बटण VirtualBox- Question विंडो.
7 निवडा VBoxGuestAdditions.iso मध्ये पर्याय संलग्न ड्रॉप-डाउन मेनू आणि वर क्लिक करा OK बटणावर क्लिक करा.
Step II: Run the VBox File
The next step is to run the VBox file on the Virtual Machine.
1. Turn on macOS Virtual Machine.
2. Double click on VBox_Gas to open the optical disk.
3. नंतर, वर डबल क्लिक करा VBoxDarwinAdditions.pkg to run the file.
Step III: Enter Recovery Mode
The third step in this option is to enter into the recovery mode to tweak the changes to fix the Virtualbox unable to insert virtual optical disk error on your PC.
1 उघडा टर्मिनल in macOS from the menu, type the csrutil स्थिती command, and press the की प्रविष्ट करा to check the status of the एसआयपी.
2. दाबा F12 की to direct you to the Virtual machine’s BIOS setting.
3 निवडा बूट व्यवस्थापक option using the arrow keys.
4 निवडा EFI Internal Shell पर्याय आणि दाबा Esc उघडण्यासाठी की ESI Internal Shell कन्सोल
5. चालवा FS2 command to open FS2 interactive Shell.
6. खालील टाइप करा आदेश आणि दाबा की प्रविष्ट करा to go to the recovery boot image directory.
cd com.apple.recovery.boot
7. कमांड टाईप करा डॉ आणि दाबा प्रविष्ट करा key to view if the kernelcore फाइल उपलब्ध आहे.
8 उघडा टर्मिनल window, type the command, and press the प्रविष्ट करा key to restart the macOS virtual machine in recovery mode.
sudo nvram recovery-boot-mode=unused && sudo shutdown –r now
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Step IV: Disable macOS SIP
The SIP software or System Integrity Protection in the macOS would not allow you to perform any unauthorized codes on the PC. To fix the Virtualbox unable to insert virtual optical disk error, you have to disable the software to fix the issue.
1. उघडा मॅकोस उपयोगिता विंडो आणि वर क्लिक करा टर्मिनल पर्याय.
2 वर क्लिक करा टर्मिनल मेनूमधील पर्याय.
3. टाइप करा csrutil अक्षम आदेश द्या आणि दाबा की प्रविष्ट करा to turn off the SIP.
4 वर क्लिक करा मॅक चिन्ह आणि वर क्लिक करा पुन्हा सुरू करा option to restart the PC.
Step V: Add VBox Guest Additions CD
The final step is to add the Virtual Machine as a new program to the PC to fix the Unable to insert the virtual optical disk error.
1. Type the following command and press the की प्रविष्ट करा to enable admin privileges to the folder.
/ सिस्टम / लायब्ररी / विस्तार /
2 वर क्लिक करा साधने tab and install VBox Guest Additions CD in the macOS Virtual Machine.
वारंवार विचारले जाणारे प्रश्न (सामान्य प्रश्न)
Q1. Is it free to use VirtualBox?
उत्तर The open source machine platform provides a free virtual machine license to people for educational and evaluation use.
Q2. Why does the Unable to Insert the Virtual Optical Disk error pop up?
उत्तर This error may occur either due to the glitches on the PC. If the VirtualBox is not properly set up on your PC, this error may pop up.
शिफारस केलेलेः
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