Saving Guest Settings

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Pilgrim
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Primary OS: MS Windows XP
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Saving Guest Settings

Post by Pilgrim »

I am using the latest version of VirtualBox on an XP-SP3 system.
For a long time now I have used several versions of Ubuntu as guests without any problems but I have just installed the latest version of Puppy Linux and while I have got everything that I have tried working I cannot find a way to save the session settings when I shut it down, so every time I restart it I have to go through the setup again and where I have previously installed Firefox I have to reinstall it.

The only 2 options that I have seen are 'save to file' which tells me that if I want to save to an NTFS file system I have to format first, and 'save to CD' which tells me that it cannot find the media.

There is probably a very simple answer to this but I have not managed to find it and I have run a search of the forums.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Saving Guest Settings

Post by Sasquatch »

Sounds like you run Puppy in the live environment. Go to the Puppy Linux website and check their documentation on how to install Puppy to hard drive.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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Pilgrim
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Joined: 10. Jul 2010, 15:35
Primary OS: MS Windows XP
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Puppy Linux, Ubuntu

Re: Saving Guest Settings

Post by Pilgrim »

Thank you, I did wonder if that was the answer but as I have never had the problem with Ubuntu I thought that I would try here first.
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