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Moving GuestOS's from one computer to another
Posted: 18. Sep 2011, 11:56
by starach
Hello,
Do I have to do anything extraordinary than just copy and paste a virtual machine settings and its hard drive?
I want to move GuestOS I'm using on my development machine which is running under Windows 7 to Linux Debian dedicated server.
Re: Moving GuestOS's from one computer to another
Posted: 18. Sep 2011, 13:57
by Perryg
What version of VirtualBox are you using? On both hosts.
Re: Moving GuestOS's from one computer to another
Posted: 18. Sep 2011, 14:11
by starach
I haven't started installing guest system on my developer machine yet. Hosting company will turn on my dedicated server in the middle of the next week so I just don't want to waste time and start deploying operating system. Therefore you can say I'm not using any VirtualBox yet. Right now I have VirtualBox 4.1.2 on my Windows 7.
Re: Moving GuestOS's from one computer to another
Posted: 18. Sep 2011, 14:44
by Perryg
Assuming that the guest in question was created using version 4.* or newer it should be as simple as copying the entire guests folder to the new machine and then dbl clicking the *.vbox file that is inside. Again this all requires the new host to have the same version of VirtualBox or at least in the 4.* range.
The host environment change may be the only thing that is going to cause issues but I have moved between Windows and Linux with little to no changes required. The really big thing that would cause you an issue is the bit count. While you can move a 32-bit to a 64-bit the reverse will not work.
You may need to install the guest additions again but this is usually not the case.