Gregory Nowak <g...@gregn.net> writes: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 07:56:29PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> You don't need to play with the xml file. Remove the current machine >> from vb, including hd images. Move them to where you want, and import >> back into vb from the new directory. I've done this before with >> vboxmanage, but haven't done it from the GUI. Importing a vdi from any >> directory works from the GUI, but I'm not sure if that holds for the >> machine description itself. Be aware that if the other storage isn't >> attached when you launch the vb GUI, you'll get a warning that some >> machines aren't accessible. > > I forgot to mention that if all you want to do is just move hd images > to somewhere else, that's even easier. Remove the hd image from the > guest, and from the media manager. Move it to the new location, and > then just add the hd image back as an existing hard disk which is now > at your new location.
I hadn't seen your post before I jumped the gun and started trying things. One thing I tried is pretty close but different. I copied a vm to a new location. Then tried to so import a drive. It will not allow it, because it has the same ID number as an existing drive. So I guess I could disown it at the original vm but then there is no gain in drives. I don't see a way, using the 'add hdd' dialog. No chance to create on at my address of choice is presented. What I'd really like to do is create a couple more discs at a new location but keep the vm and several disks at another.... the original location. Again, it appears that removing drives from the vm, and pulling them in from a new address does not present a chance to actually add to the number of drives on the original vm. You mentioned having done similar things from the command line. I'd be happy to do this from the command line. I'm a linux hand so no stranger to command line. I've never studied up on the proper commands with VB so would need some coaching on that. But first: Is it possible to create a HDD at a different address than the 'default' shown in *.xml and then add it to an existing VM. The method you described involved dropping the drive from the existing address vm OS. So, as I said... there would be no gain. The end result I've imagined would be hdd at more than one address. The new address is not remote but is on an external (usb3) disk. In the vb gui for disc creation there appears to be no chance to create a disc at an address of your own choice... instead you are guided to the 'Default' in ~/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml Can you help with command line coaching.... I guess I could try creating 1 hdd in the old location. then not use dump it... although I'm not sure how one dumps a drive in Openindiana but I can certainly find out. That would be your suggesting to the letter. Will that work? Do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
