Nlite under Virtualbox, workdir on share, processing setup files faile

[Mintaka]

Report about Nlite crash during "processing setup files" phase.

After using "Remove components" feature, even if I remove only one item, for example games or one language, Nlite silently crashed. Nlite process disappeared without any message right in time the "processing setup files" phase start. I'am able to reproduce this behaviour.

After testing many ways how to pass around this crash I found that if I copy working directory (with XP source) from shared folder into the virtual disc, "processing setup files" will pass without crash.

Nlite version 1.4.9.1 instaled in virtual machine.

Virtual machine: VirtualBox 3.2.8.r64453

Guest OS: Windows XP SP3 Prof (Lang CZ)

Guest virtual HW: 1 CPU, 1GB RAM, 10GB HDD, 2 partition with NTFS, NATet connection, mapped share folder from Host /home/user/nlite as disk N:

Host OS: Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

Host HW: Notebook Compaq 6720s

Hope that this can be helpfull for someone.

BTW: Thanks for great tool, Nlite!

[johnhc]

Report about Nlite crash during "processing setup files" phase.

After using "Remove components" feature, even if I remove only one item, for example games or one language, Nlite silently crashed. Nlite process disappeared without any message right in time the "processing setup files" phase start. I'am able to reproduce this behaviour.

After testing many ways how to pass around this crash I found that if I copy working directory (with XP source) from shared folder into the virtual disc, "processing setup files" will pass without crash.

Nlite version 1.4.9.1 instaled in virtual machine.

Virtual machine: VirtualBox 3.2.8.r64453

Guest OS: Windows XP SP3 Prof (Lang CZ)

Guest virtual HW: 1 CPU, 1GB RAM, 10GB HDD, 2 partition with NTFS, NATet connection, mapped share folder from Host /home/user/nlite as disk N:

Host OS: Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

Host HW: Notebook Compaq 6720s

Hope that this can be helpfull for someone.

BTW: Thanks for great tool, Nlite!

Mintaka, welcome. Not sure who you are reporting to since nuhi (owner/author) has not participated here for some time. We all are in a work around mode. Many people have run nLite under virtual systems, including me (VMware Server) without a problem. It looks like to me you have identified a VirtualBox problem. I suggest you consider checking the Forum for VirtualBox. Enjoy, John.

EDIT: I got to thinking about your running from a networked drive. Seems like I have seen threads long ago with problems using them. Please see this thread, post #2, from nuhi. I suspect it was not ever fixed. I now think it has nothing to do with VirtualBox. Sorry to mislead you.

Edited September 2, 2010 by johnhc

[Mintaka]

Hello

I really don't expect too much help. It is just report for someone with same problem. Maybe can be helpfull.

Re. It looks like to me you have identified a VirtualBox problem.: Maybe you are right, but on the first sight it looks like nLite problem.

Probably it is mixture of problems. For example some time ago I find that packing working dir under Linux ZIP and unpacking inside virtual broke unicode in filenames. This can be one of the reasons. But even if it is VirtualBox problem, when nLite silently crash and virtual guest and host working without evidence of problem, there should be way how to log nLite process and see what is going on.

Re. We all are in a work around mode.: I don't know that nLite have such problem. Nuhi dont't want release it's code as open source? (Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.)?

[johnhc]

Hello

I really don't expect too much help. It is just report for someone with same problem. Maybe can be helpfull.

Re. It looks like to me you have identified a VirtualBox problem.: Maybe you are right, but on the first sight it looks like nLite problem.

Probably it is mixture of problems. For example some time ago I find that packing working dir under Linux ZIP and unpacking inside virtual broke unicode in filenames. This can be one of the reasons. But even if it is VirtualBox problem, when nLite silently crash and virtual guest and host working without evidence of problem, there should be way how to log nLite process and see what is going on.

Re. We all are in a work around mode.: I don't know that nLite have such problem. Nuhi dont't want release it's code as open source? (Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.)?

Mintaka, it sounds like you have not read the EDIT to my last post. I now do not think it is a VirtualBox problem but a networked path problem. Please see the link provided in my EDIT. Hamlet is correct in so many ways, but nuhi is the owner/author of nLite and chooses not to make it open source. There have been attempts here to allow non-personal use and make it open source or at least allow someone to take it over. Nothing has changed, however. Thanks for your interest. Enjoy, John.

[Mintaka]

Thanks for attached link. It look like same problem.

Maybe in future a search for solution to use somethink like "subst" command or somethink other to map network directory as regular drive. Maybe some special driver will be needed, somethink like Daemon Tools do with CD/DVD ROM.

(But now I must work on another task.)

RE. nuhi: bad but it is his way. Even that, thanks for nLite as it is.

BTW: msfn.org hava also problems. Database down. Cannot login from Firefox, .... and very slow.

Nothink is complete on this piece of rock.

[johnhc]

Thanks for attached link. It look like same problem.

Maybe in future a search for solution to use somethink like "subst" command or somethink other to map network directory as regular drive. Maybe some special driver will be needed, somethink like Daemon Tools do with CD/DVD ROM.

(But now I must work on another task.)

RE. nuhi: bad but it is his way. Even that, thanks for nLite as it is.

BTW: msfn.org hava also problems. Database down. Cannot login from Firefox, .... and very slow.

Nothink is complete on this piece of rock.

Mintaka, at the bottom of the forums there is a Site & Forum Issues sub-forum. See this thread. Please report your MSFN problems. A new version of the SW has been installed and is still a work in process. Enjoy, John.