I have a windows 10 box running on windows 10 virtualbox 5.1.28
If I copy the vdi file (which is 35GB) to a Ubuntu box , can i run the vdi file on my ubuntu box without any problem? Or do I have to create a separate win10 virtualbox on ubuntu?
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Windows10 virtualbox on Linux
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Re: Windows10 virtualbox on Linux
Don't just copy the virtual HD (the .vdi), copy the whole VM directory which includes the .vbox file, i.e. the "recipe" of the VM. See Moving a VM.
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Re: Windows10 virtualbox on Linux
+1 to what Socratis said. To which I'll add that the choice of host OS is not relevant. What may be relevant is a change in host CPU. This will be visible to the Win10 guest and may cause activation problems. Copying a bare VDI would definitely cause activation problems.georgew15 wrote: If I copy the vdi file (which is 35GB) to a Ubuntu box , can i run the vdi file on my ubuntu box without any problem?
Re: Windows10 virtualbox on Linux
socratis wrote:Don't just copy the virtual HD (the .vdi), copy the whole VM directory which includes the .vbox file, i.e. the "recipe" of the VM. See Moving a VM.
mpack wrote:+1 to what Socratis said. To which I'll add that the choice of host OS is not relevant. What may be relevant is a change in host CPU. This will be visible to the Win10 guest and may cause activation problems. Copying a bare VDI would definitely cause activation problems.georgew15 wrote: If I copy the vdi file (which is 35GB) to a Ubuntu box , can i run the vdi file on my ubuntu box without any problem?
So I followed this advice and unfortunately the box doesn't load. It just hangs on startup with VirtualBox process eating 100% of CPU. So i guess this would be most likely an activation problem ? Or something else?
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Re: Windows10 virtualbox on Linux
Definitely not an activation problem.
What is the screenshot supposed to show? Where is the vm you are talking about? None are Windows 10.
What is the screenshot supposed to show? Where is the vm you are talking about? None are Windows 10.
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Please, do not attach images hosted on 3rd party sites. You can attach them here locally. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.
When the VM is stuck, close the VM's window. Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log". Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response.
Bonus, if you could also get the same VBox.log.zip from the original host...
When the VM is stuck, close the VM's window. Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log". Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response.
Bonus, if you could also get the same VBox.log.zip from the original host...
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