Can't import OVA file or unpack it with tar
Can't import OVA file or unpack it with tar
I'm on an Arch-based Linux with VirtualBox (generic installer, couldn't load modules with host-modules-arch) and I get this error whenever I try to import this OVA file:
Error reading OVA '.../coa-aio-newton.ova' (VERR_TAR_UNEXPECTED_EOS) Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0X80BB0005) Component: ApplianceWrap Interface: IAppliance {86a98347-7619-41aa-aece-b21ac5c1a7e6}
Apparently, these OVA files should be unpackable but tar doesn't recognize it, and neither Ark or PeaZip can unzip this, but importing this OVA file works on Win 10.
I've tried using VMWare but that gave me an import error too. Why can't virtualization work at all on Arch-based systems?
Try manually 'tar xvf file.ova' however it sounds like the ova might be corrupt...
Yes these were the conclusions that I have gathered from the wise web, but then why does it work flawlessly on Windows?
This is the file (My uni uses this repo as a VM) https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Preparing-for-the-Certified-OpenStack-Administrator-Exam
It looks like typical M$ EEE strategy, stage 2: extend standard to break compatibility. But OVA images produced by different virtualization systems are almost always incompatible to each other on the level of xml metadata. Seems that just one more level of incompatibility was added in archive format.
What does the command
file your_image.ovasay?
"UNEXPECTED_EOS" is almost certainly "unexpected end of stream", that is, the file is missing the end or there's data corruption and the unpacker has interpreted the bad data as meaning the file should be longer than it is.
Redownload the file, or try to download it using a different tool (e.g.
wgetorcurlrather than a browser). If that still gets a truncated file, try a different source / mirror.Yeah you're right. I've download git-lfs and it probably works now. Thank you for your help!