On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> > >> > If yes, then how do I create a VM using the above two files using >> > VBoxManage? >> >> >> I got my answer- you cannot use a config file meant for OS-1 on OS-2 >> >> Thanks, >> Amit > > I don't think the config file is really all that important. > > As long you respect the original values with regards to OS type, you can > create a new VM and point it to the old VDI file.
The very concept of Virtual appliance is that you *don't* have to create a new configuration or a new VM which in VBox terms is using the existing XML file. And when you create a virtual appliance, you are doing it for someone other than you to give it a spin without any or minimal configuration. > > Plus, I've been told on this list that VBox 2.0 migrates XML files from > previous versions. > > And last: you started this thread by quoting an error message. That error > message complained that you were trying to run a VDI with OS type Linux with > a Mac OS-X setting, if I understood correctly. Well, it was no-where mentioned here at http://virtualbox.wordpress.com/images/damn-small/ that it was done with VBox on a Max OS-X host. _Amit -- Amit Kumar Saha http://blogs.sun.com/amitsaha/ http://amitksaha.blogspot.com Skype: amitkumarsaha _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
