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Every time I install a new box everything works fine during install and I can use the box normally. However, if I delete the source ISO after the install is complete the box disappears!
Confirmed with Windows- and Linux-based operating systems.
This problem started after a fresh install of Gnome 3.22. Before that I could delete the source ISOs without any problem to Gnome Boxes.
Does this happens to anyone else?
Last edited by r12624 (2017-03-07 23:05:35)
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I have absolutely no idea what you are trying to tell me. You install a new box, but when you delete the ISO, the box disappears. What?
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Box = VM
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Example:
Download an Ubuntu ISO, for instance;
Create a new virtual machine with this ISO in Gnome Boxes;
Close Gnome Boxes;
Delete the Ubuntu ISO;
Open Gnome Boxes again;
The previously created virtual machine is no longer visible. No image in ~/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/ as well.
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It's probably expected if it was just a live image. Did you actually go all the way through the Ubuntu installer inside the VM and reboot into the installed (*not* live) environment? If so, then that's bad, please file a bug on GNOME Bugzilla.
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Last edited by masolit (2019-12-03 16:06:13)
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I also am hitting this issue today. I install windows 7 64bit in gnome-boxes. When I look at gnome-boxes' overview it says the machine is still "Installing..." even when Windows is fully installed and running. Once I delete the install ISO, and restart gnome-boxes the image is deleted. ~15GB image just deleted, and I can even see the space cleared using 'df -h'
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Same issue. Really annoying. I actually started googling to find out if this is intended behaviour.
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It does not make sense to me that this would be the intended behavior. Thanks for the confirmation of this problem. This also happens after gnome-boxes is updated from version 3.22.1-1 to version 3.22.3-1.
Filed a bug in Gnome Bugzilla, as sugested by Michael Catanzaro: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776351.
Last edited by r12624 (2016-12-21 14:39:35)
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I have just noticed that this problem no longer occurs. I am not sure which update solved this issue though. I am currently using Gnome Boxes 3.22.4.
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