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
The method to install VirtualBox on a Linux PC is discussed in this section.
1. کوليو ٽرمينل from the menu, type the following command and press the شامل ڪريو key to install VirtualBox.
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
2. Enter login password of your PC in the field and press the ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو.
3. قسم y ۾ ڇا اوھان جاري رکڻ چاھيو ٿا؟ سيڪشن ۽ پريس ڪريو ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو.
4. Wait till the installation is complete, type virtualbox, ۽ پريس ڪريو شامل ڪريو 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. کوليو ٽرمينل on your PC, type the following command, and press the ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو.
/media/jerry/VBox_Gas_6.1.32
2. Type the following command and press the ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو 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. کوليو VirtualBox VM settings.
2. صحيح ڪلڪ ڪريو Controller: IDE ۾ اسٽوريج سيڪشن ۽ ڪلڪ ڪريو Remove disk from virtual drive اختيار.
نوٽ: ته Remove disk from virtual drive option is not available, click on اٽيچمينٽ هٽايو اختيار.
3. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو Force Unmount بٽڻ تي VirtualBox- Question دري.
4. کوليو ٽرمينل on your PC from the home menu.
5. Type the following command and press شامل ڪريو key to create a directory for mounting the Guest Additions installation CD.
sudo mkdir –p /mnt/cdrom
6. Type the following command and press ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو to mount the files to the created directory.
sudo mount /dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom
نوٽ: 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 شامل ڪريو هلائڻ جي ڪنجي 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.
2. صحيح ڪلڪ ڪريو macOS Virtual Machine device in the left pane of the VirtualBox مئنيجر.
3. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو جوڙ مٿين مينيو ۾ اختيار.
4. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو اسٽوريج tab on the left pane of the window.
5. صحيح ڪلڪ ڪريو Controller: IDE ۽ تي ڪلڪ ڪريو Adds optical drive icon.
6. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو Leave empty بٽڻ تي VirtualBox- Question دري.
7. چونڊيو VBoxGuestAdditions.iso اختيار ۾ داخل ٿيو جڙيل آهي drop-down menu and click on the OK بٽڻ
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. Then, double click on 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. کليل ٽرمينل in macOS from the menu, type the csrutil حالت command, and press the ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو to check the status of the ڍڪ ڍڪ ڪري.
2. پريس F12 چاٻي to direct you to the Virtual machine’s BIOS setting.
3. چونڊيو بوٽن جو مئنيجر option using the arrow keys.
4. چونڊيو EFI Internal Shell اختيار ۽ پريس Esc کلي کولڻ جي لاء ESI Internal Shell دلاسو.
5. رَن FS2 command to open FS2 interactive Shell.
6. ھيٺ ڏنل ٽائپ ڪريو حڪم ۽ پريس ڪريو ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو to go to the recovery boot image directory.
cd com.apple.recovery.boot
7. ٽائيپ ڪريو حڪم dir ۽ پريس ڪريو شامل ڪريو key to view if the kernelcore فائل موجود آهي.
8. کليل ٽرمينل window, type the command, and press the شامل ڪريو 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. کوليو ميڪس استعمال ٿيندڙ ونڊو ۽ تي ڪلڪ ڪريو ٽرمينل اختيار.
2. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو ٽرمينل مينيو ۾ آپشن
3. ٽائپ ڪريو csrutil معذور حڪم ڪريو ۽ دٻايو ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو to turn off the SIP.
4. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو ميڪ آئڪن ۽ ڪلڪ ڪريو ٻيھر شروع ڪريو 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 ڪيٻو داخل ڪريو to enable admin privileges to the folder.
/ نظام / لائبريري / واڌارا /
2. تي ڪلڪ ڪريو ڊوائيسز tab and install VBox Guest Additions CD in the macOS Virtual Machine.
وچين سوالن جا جواب
Q1. Is it free to use VirtualBox?
جواب. 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?
جواب. 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.
صلاح ڏني ته:
The method to fix Virtualbox unable to insert virtual optical disk error in various OS is discussed in this article. Please let us know your suggestions and queries on the topic dealt with in the comments section.