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Attempting to install IE7 ievm for VirtualBox
$ curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="7" bash
Checking for VirtualBox
Checking for Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Downloading unar from http://theunarchiver.googlecode.com/files/unar1.5.zip to unar1.5.zip
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 4201k 100 4201k 0 0 1647k 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 1712k
Archive: unar1.5.zip
inflating: lsar
inflating: unar
Building IE7 VM
Checking for existing OVA at /Users/hspinks/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP.ova
Downloading OVA ZIP from http://virtualization.modern.ie/vhd/IEKitV1_Final/VirtualBox/OSX/IE6_WinXP.zip to IE6_WinXP.zip
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 716M 100 716M 0 0 1092k 0 0:11:11 0:11:11 --:--:-- 1250k
Extracting OVA from /Users/hspinks/.ievms/IE6_WinXP.zip
IE6_WinXP.zip: Zip
IE6 - WinXP.ova (759386624 B)... OK.
Successfully extracted to "./IE6 - WinXP.ova".
Checking for existing IE7 - WinXP VM
Creating IE7 - WinXP VM (disk: /Users/hspinks/.ievms/IE7 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk)
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Interpreting /Users/hspinks/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP.ova...
OK.
Disks: vmdisk1 136260878336 -1 http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk -1 -1
Virtual system 0:
0: Suggested OS type: "WindowsXP"
(change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values)
1: VM name specified with --vmname: "IE7 - WinXP"
2: Number of CPUs: 2
(change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
3: Guest memory: 512 MB
(change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>")
4: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import)
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 4 --ignore")
5: USB controller
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 5 --ignore")
6: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 2, extra slot=0;type=NAT
7: CD-ROM
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore")
8: IDE controller, type PIIX4
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore")
9: IDE controller, type PIIX4
(disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore")
10: Hard disk image: source image=IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk, target path=/Users/hspinks/.ievms/IE7 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk, controller=8;channel=0
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Successfully imported the appliance.
Building IE7 - WinXP VM
build_ievm_ie7
Downloading ievms control ISO from https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/463624/ievms-control-0.1.1.iso to /Users/hspinks/.ievms/ievms-control-0.1.1.iso
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 3504k 100 3504k 0 0 594k 0 0:00:05 0:00:05 --:--:-- 825k
Attaching ievms control ISO
Starting VM IE7 - WinXP
Waiting for VM "IE7 - WinXP" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'IE7 - WinXP' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component Machine, interface IMachine
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to shutdown...
Ejecting ievms control ISO
Downloading IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe from http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/8/8/38889dc1-848c-4bf2-8335-86c573ad86d9/IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe to IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 14.7M 100 14.7M 0 0 1685k 0 0:00:08 0:00:08 --:--:-- 1473k
Starting VM IE7 - WinXP
Waiting for VM "IE7 - WinXP" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'IE7 - WinXP' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component Machine, interface IMachine
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to be available for guestcontrol...
VBoxManage: error: Machine "IE7 - WinXP" is not running (currently powered off)!
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to be available for guestcontrol...
VBoxManage: error: Machine "IE7 - WinXP" is not running (currently powered off)!
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to be available for guestcontrol...
VBoxManage: error: Machine "IE7 - WinXP" is not running (currently powered off)!
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to be available for guestcontrol...
VBoxManage: error: Machine "IE7 - WinXP" is not running (currently powered off)!
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to be available for guestcontrol...
VBoxManage: error: Machine "IE7 - WinXP" is not running (currently powered off)!
Waiting for IE7 - WinXP to be available for guestcontrol...
VBoxManage: error: Machine "IE7 - WinXP" is not running (currently powered off)!
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@JimTrascapoulos
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Ah, so it's not just me. Came here to post the same thing…

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