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transvering old vdi to hardy ??
Posted: 16. May 2008, 15:15
by x3ith
hi, I used to run the virtualbox on gutsy gibbon, now I have a new installation of hardy heron on a new harddisk.
is it possible I copy the vdi to my new hardy installation and start it with virtualbox?
or do I have to install everything new?
thnx
cheers
Posted: 16. May 2008, 16:06
by Sasquatch
All vdi files created with VirtualBox are interexchangeable, meaning if you create a VM on Windows, you can use that vdi on Linux. That is because VB emulates the same hardware on every platform. You just need to make sure that the settings are the same, or roughly the same (most important is the Guest OS setting
. And don't forget any IOAPIC settings or the like that has a warning about possible problems if disabled after the Guest is installed with the option enabled.
Posted: 16. May 2008, 16:56
by x3ith
sounds good, I will try over the weekend.
whats IOAPIC ?
Posted: 16. May 2008, 19:07
by Sasquatch
That is described in the tooltip and the user manual. I think it's something like advanced ACPI options or something.
Posted: 21. May 2008, 13:26
by x3ith
ya, thnx. at beginning it didn't work well but after playing around it startet with no problems.
I still have the original vdi on my portable disk, is it possible to resize it somehow?
well I will search the forum a little.
thnx again.
x3