How to fix VirtualBox error when you try to import an ova file
If you download an ova file to import it to Virtualbox, maybe you will see the following message: Failed to import appliance filename.ova. Seeking within the archive failed (VERR_TAR_UNEXPECTED_EOS). Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005) Component: ApplianceWrap Interface: IAppliance {8398f026-4add-4474-5bc3-2f9f2140b23e} If you do it the same throught VBoxManage you will get: # VBoxManage import filename.ova Progress state: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed VBoxManage: error: Seeking within the archive failed (VERR_TAR_UNEXPECTED_EOS) VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005), component ApplianceWrap, interface IAppliance VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 877 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp To fix it, you must extract ova content and compress again as follows: tar xvf filename.ova tar cvf newfilename.ova filename.ovf filename.vmdk Also, you can i