Symptoms
Virtual machine starts with an error Unable to connect to Hard Disk 1. There is no operating system installed or Out of disk space
Log /Library/Logs/parallels.log shows the following errors:
Log
<
path_to_virtual_machine_name>
.pvm/parallels.log shows the following errors:
Cause
Virtual machine is locked by the uchg
/schg
flags which prevent it from starting. To see if the file/folder is locked, right-click it in the Finder > Get Info > and check if the Locked checkbox is ticked.
NOTE: virtual machine can fail to boot if any file/folder within virtual machine .pvm
bundle is locked.
Resolution
In Mac OS X, open Finder, go to Applications folder > Utilities folder, and double-click Terminal.
To remove
uchg
flags paste the command below into Terminal as is (do not hit return yet):sudo chflags -R nouchg
Find your virtual machine in Finder.
Drag
<vm_name>.pvm
bundle into Terminal and drop it right next tosudo chflags -R nouchg
As result you will see something like this in Terminal window:
sudo chflags -R nouchg /Users/appleseed/Documents/Parallels/Windows\ 7.pvm/
Please note there should be a space between nouchg and /Users/....
Press return to execute the command. Enter your Mac administrator password when prompted (you will not be able to see the symbols you type) and hit return again.
Do the same to remove
schg
flags:sudo chflags -R noschg <path_to_vm.pvm>
Terminal command should be similar to
sudo chflags -R noschg /Users/appleseed/Documents/Parallels/Windows\ 7.pvm/
- Run the virtual machine.
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