I use VirtualBox version 4.2.18 r 88781 on host OpenSuse 12.3 kernel 3.7 10-45 with Win7 Ultimate as guest. I want to upgrade on OpenLeap 42.3 with the latest VirtualBox. Are there any precautions regarding cinmpatibility fo formats of wdi file?
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upgrade, compatibility of vdi
upgrade, compatibility of vdi
Last edited by socratis on 14. Jun 2018, 19:07, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Changed title to something more appropriate.
Reason: Changed title to something more appropriate.
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
WDI file? What's a WDI file?
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
I believe it may be a WirtualBox Disk Image!socratis wrote:What's a WDI file?
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
Indeed, I want to make sure that .wdi file will be successfully imported by new version of Virtual Box for Linux hosts.
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
The disk image file has a .vdi extension (apologies if my attempt at humour in my previous post failed) and there shouldn't be any issues with the disk images when you upgrade VirtualBox.
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
OK. Thanks, I will report you I will have any issue.
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
First of all, it's VDI (Virtual Disk Image), not wdi. I'll change all the thread's titles to reflect that.
Second, you don't "import" the VDI, not alone. Your VMs are made of the "recipe" (the .vbox file) and one or more virtual hard disks, the default is VDI. You should be asking about compatibility with the VM (all of it), not just the hard drive.
To answer your question, there is no problem upgrading from 4.2.18 to 5.2.12. Just make sure that you have the official VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Second, you don't "import" the VDI, not alone. Your VMs are made of the "recipe" (the .vbox file) and one or more virtual hard disks, the default is VDI. You should be asking about compatibility with the VM (all of it), not just the hard drive.
To answer your question, there is no problem upgrading from 4.2.18 to 5.2.12. Just make sure that you have the official VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
Oh. Sorry on typo. Should I firstly do upgrade fo Linux and after that upgrade of VirtualBox. I suppose that it will take care on necessary files that It will find in respective folder including .vbox. Is there any manual on that procedure?
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Re: upgrade, compatibility of vdi
No "procedure". Upgrade your Linux, upgrade VirtualBox. Done.
You don't need a "manual" for that...
You don't need a "manual" for that...
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