Thanks for the reply.
No, I have deleted (==merged) with the GUI all snapshots and there is
no Snapshot anymore in the GUI, nor a {....).vdi file in the Snapshot
directory.
If I understand correctly what you say then all modifications I do in
the guest will now be included directly into the base ~/vbox/win2k.vdi
file. In the Snaphots directory is only a {..}.sav file (because I
"close->save current state" I suppose).
If I would make a snapshot, would VirtualBox then still do the same to
the snapshot. That is, update the snapshot every time I make a
modification in the guest. I thought it would make a Snaphot (a .vdi
file with all mods incorporated) and then make all further
modifications as a differencing .vdi file. I would then also expect
that the only file changing would be the differencing .vdi file and
that there are 2 .vdi file in the Snapshot directory: one the real
snapshot and not changing and the other, much smaller, for the
differencing.
Is the above correct?
Charles
On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:33:30 +1200
Mark Cranness <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8 September 2010 09:01, Charles Stroom wrote:
> > I have taken this remark and left the base vdi
> > in ~/vbox, but removed a snapshot. As a result I have now 1 base
> > vdi in ~/vbox and a {...........}.vdi file in
> > ~/.VirtualBox/Machines/Win2K/Snapshots/.
> > Fine.
> >
> > My understanding is the the base vdi does not change, but that
> > changes are made to this differencing {...}.vdi. But the base vdi
> > seems to be getting a now date info on the file every time I open
> > the guest, although the size remains the same (as expected).
>
> Does the Snapshots tab in the GUI show any snapshots, or is it just
> that there is a {...........}.vdi file in ...Win2K/Snapshots/ ?
>
> If the Snapshots tab does not show a snapshot, then there is no active
> snapshot, the base VDI is being updated with changes (thus changed
> timestamp) and the snapshot VDI file may an orphan. In the main UI,
> Click File > Virtual Media Manager, and find your base VDI and expand
> the tree under it. Do you see the same hex digits as the
> ...Win2K/Snapshots {}.vdi file? If not, it is an orphan. If it does
> exist, click it and note the "Attached to:" at the bottom. It will say
> "Not Attached" if it is an orphan and will say "<VMName>" WITHOUT a
> snapshot name in brackets if you still have a snapshot.
>
> Mark
>
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