Re: [cwelug] using an existing vdi file on another machine with VBox?

2010-09-01 Thread Robert Citek
I've done this in the past and it has worked, using Linux. Try attaching a LiveCD and see if you can view the disk. Regards, - Robert On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Tim Beckendorf tlbeckend...@lbt.org wrote:  Greetings, I have a .vdi file created in VirtualBox 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.04. I would

Re: [cwelug] using an existing vdi file on another machine with VBox?

2010-09-01 Thread Theresa Kehoe
Tim, Does VirtualBox 3.0 have an option under the File menu to Export Appliance? (I'm running 3.2.x, which does) If it does, try exporting the working virtual box. Note it doesn't like to export to a network share, at least with Linux, so just export it to something like your desktop or your

Re: [cwelug] meeting sunday?

2010-09-01 Thread Mike B.
I don't know either. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Thomas Kirk twk...@gmail.com wrote: Are we having a meeting Sunday? Where is it going to be? Thomas kirk -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: cwelug@googlegroups.com To

Re: [cwelug] using an existing vdi file on another machine with VBox?

2010-09-01 Thread Tim Beckendorf
Thank you Robert, I was able to successfully attach and view a live cd of Puppy linux. Tim On /1/9/10 7:02 AM, Robert Citek wrote: I've done this in the past and it has worked, using Linux. Try attaching a LiveCD and see if you can view the disk. Regards, - Robert On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at

Re: [cwelug] meeting sunday?

2010-09-01 Thread Scott Granneman
No, we're not - it's a holiday weekend. Next weekend we will, though - it will be at our new home: Robert Citek's empty house here in St. Louis, where we can all tear the hel What? Excuse me? Again? I'm sorry. I've just been informed that we are NOT to use that property, that if I am

Re: [cwelug] using an existing vdi file on another machine with VBox?

2010-09-01 Thread Robert Citek
Were you also able to mount the virtual drive and view its contents? Regards, - Robert On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Tim Beckendorf tlbeckend...@lbt.org wrote:  Thank you Robert, I was able to successfully attach and view a live cd of Puppy linux. Tim On /1/9/10 7:02 AM, Robert Citek