Reputation: 381
When I try to import an .ova file in VirtualBox 5.1.8 I get an error:
Error reading OVA '/filename.ova' (VERR_TAR_UNEXPECTED_EOS).
Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
I've seen some info that I might need to update VirtualBox or maybe the .ova file is corrupt. I'm hoping it's something else. I don't want to update VirtualBox and the .ova file was quite large and I don't want to download it again. Any other possibilities of what this error might be suggesting?
Upvotes: 2
Views: 10439
Reputation: 381
So the answer in my case turned out to be that an .ova file is basically an .ovf file in tar format, as summarized in a comment by Chris TD on a post: OVA’s and OVF’s: What are they, and what’s the difference?
So I just did
$ tar -xvf filename.ova
to get filename.ovf
which I am able to import in VirtualBox.
Upvotes: 3