Suggest VirtualBox Api function to check if the machine has booted successfully.

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I am trying to check if the OS has booted up successfully in Oracle Virtual BOX using Virtual Box api . Out of the Virtual Box API functions, i found that GetGuestEnteredACPIMode is the one that returns True if the OS is running successfully and returns False if the OS fails to boot with errors like BSOD "7B". etc., The other function get_State retuns state as running even if the machine fails to boot with BSOD(Blue screen of Death) Typically 7B in my case.

IF any one have suggestion on checking if the system booted up successfully in VirtualBox API com c++ is appreciated.

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Posted 27-Feb-12 2:56am

gssajith87

Updated 29-Feb-12 1:26am

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enhzflep 27-Feb-12 10:25am

How about checking the return result from a COM call?
This page: https://www.virtualbox.org/sdkref/group___virtual_box___c_o_m__result__codes.html
seems to indicate that you could check to see that the return value isn't VBOX_E_HOST_ERROR (Host operating system related error.)
Only used VirtualBox manually, never touched it's API. Perhaps this suggestion stinks!

gssajith87 28-Feb-12 1:56am

@ enhzflep that does not seem to help.

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