--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scot...@...> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 05:44:27PM -0000, Darksyde wrote:
> > Hi all!
> > My new setup will have VBox, a newer version than the old one which would
> > not upgrade for some reason no matter what I tried. So, once I get the
> > newer version installed, how do I get my XP machine loaded? To be more
> > specific, I would like the XP machine as it is now so that I do not lose a
> > specific app which I will be unable to replace. I created two folders on
> > my external hd and synced "/usr/lib/virtualbox" to one and
> > "/usr/share/virtualbox" to the other. One of the two syncs had an error
> > msg. which I didn't bother to read in my ADD-prone nature. OK, so will I,
> > most likely anyway, be able to move these directories to my new VBox or am
> > I completely off base here?
> > Any advice will, of course, be *greatly* appreciated!
> > Mark
> >
>
> I believe that all I did was copy over the vdi file (from
> $HOME/.VirtualBox/HardDisks) and then chose to use it as a pre-existing
> hard drive while creating the new machine. However, it was a long time
> ago, and I'm not guaranteeing that.
>
> --
> Scott Robbins
Thanks, Scott. I guess we'll wait to see if anyone else replies. Meanwhile
I think I'll try that on my Ubu computer and see what happens.
M
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