Opened 11 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#11891 closed defect (fixed)
HostMemoryLow when copying large files
| Reported by: | lornarmac | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.12 |
| Keywords: | memory | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Hello, any time i try to copy anything of significant size (eg 500MB) my fedora 14 VM throws up an error part way through the copy. A quick look at the log (attached) indicates a memory issue: "VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=HostMemoryLow message="Unable to allocate and lock memory.", but I'm not sure how to resolve the problem. I have plenty of RAM in my host machine (Win 7 with 6GB RAM and less than half that in use ) and when setting up the VM chose 2048MB base memory. However if I bring up the windows task manager while doing the copy in Fedora I do see the 'Free' memory going to zero, while the 'Available' memory sits around 2Gb. Any help appreciated.
ps: although this error is 'non-fatal' there's no way forward from it since VM is the only running application so I cannot take the recommended action of closing other applications.
Attachments (1)
Change History (3)
by , 11 years ago
| Attachment: | VBox.log.1 added |
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comment:1 by , 11 years ago
| Summary: | error when copying large files → HostMemoryLow when copying large files |
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comment:2 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
The Guru Meditation on the low memory condition was fixed in VBox 5.0.12.


the VM log file