On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:26:03 +0000, you wrote: >On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 10:41:57AM +1300, Mark Cranness wrote: >> On 1 November 2010 02:26, Chris G <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ... I have .VDI files in several different sub-directories of ~/.VirtualBox >> > ... >> > So, I'd like to move all the .vdi files into one place, what's the >> > easiest way to do that? >> >> I would (with some danger, not for the faint-hearted): >> >> - Ensure no VM has any snapshots, >> - Shut down all VMs, >> - Exit VirtualBox GUI, >> - Ensure all VirtualBox processes have stopped (Task Manager or similar), >> - Move all VDIs to the desired location, >> - Edit '.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml' and fixup the directory names in >> there for the VDIs moved. >> > That's what I actually ended up just doing, > it seems a bit primitive though! :-)
If you prefer GUI, you can use the Virtual Media Manager (Ctrl+D in the GUI) to release and remove the .vdi's (KEEP the files when requested). The snapshot warning still applies, and all VM's should be cleanly shut down beforehand, not paused or in save-state status. Then move the files using the OS facilities. In the Virtual Media Manager GUI add them to the Hard Disks collection, and then in each of the VM settings GUI, attach them to the proper controller. Done. A few more actions, but no risky edits. -- ( Kees Nuyt ) c[_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
