Can you move a Virtual Machine from a Windows host to Linux?

AndreGeek · Post by **AndreGeek** » 10. Jun 2007, 22:25

I understand that VMWare does this easily, and I assume VirtualBox does as it's not simply stated anywhere. Could someone please clarify before I try? Thank you.

Has anyone tried using the VMWare converter, then opening with VirtualBox? That would be useful.

AndreGeek · Post by **AndreGeek** » 10. Jun 2007, 22:39

Looks like you can!
From cmd/terminal

VirtualBox Dir\VBoxManage clonevdi "Original-Target Dir\file.vdi" "Copy-Target Dir\file.vdi"

Then you can move the file from Windows to Linux. Possibly compress? Create new VirtualBox and choose the copied vdi as the hard disk when creating.

Do you need to reinstall Guest Additions, or are they the same?

Technologov · Post by **Technologov** » 10. Jun 2007, 23:12

>Do you need to reinstall Guest Additions, or are they the same?

They are the same. They are *guest* specific (and Vbox version specific) .