-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 04:26:48PM -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > 3. Clicked on "New machine" > 4. Gave it a name (copy/paste from xml file provided) > 5. also set the RAM size (copied from XML file, "145 MB" ) > 6. Selected on the drop-down OS type "other/unknown" > 7. In the "Virtual hard disk" setup screen I clicked on the "Existing" > button > 8. I got a list of vdi files already configured on my virtualbox, I clicked > on "ADD" > 9. I maneuvered with the file requester until I found the "ReactOS > 0.3.3.b.vdi" file, clicked on it and selected "Open" > 10. From the list of known vdi files I highlighted ReactOS 0.3.3.b.vdi, and > clicked in "select" > 11. The VM was ready, I ran it and... ReactOS started!
I have to preface my comments by saying that I've never downloaded any of the downloadable vms mentioned in this thread. However, I did want to comment on the above. If the downloadable vms include a .xml file, you're taking the long way when creating the vm. I don't use the gui, so I can only describe importing a created vm from the command-line. I've only done this on a windows host, so can't speak for other hosts, though this procedure should work on other hosts as well I think. 1. Place the xml file where ever vbox expects to find xml files on your system. The default in windows is c:\documents and settings\user\.virtualbox\machines\vm_name. 2. Place the vdi file where ever vbox expects to find vdi files on your system. I've changed this in my case, so don't remember what the default is, though I think it is the same as step 1 above. 3. To register the vm, I type the following at the windows command-prompt: vboxmanage registervm machines\vm_name\vm_name.xml Note that section 8.3 of the manual doesn't give the syntax, and I'm not booted into windows now, so can't verify it by running vboxmanage.exe. It's close enough though, (if not actually correct), and running vboxmanage registervm by itself should tell you what the syntax is. Like section 8.3 of the manual says, in order for this to work, the vdi has to be detached from the machine, and I run vboxmanage unregistervm for good measure, before copying the .xml file. If these conditions aren't met, I can indeed say from personal experience that you won't be able to use registervm successfully, unless you modify the xml by hand I suppose, (something I haven't done myself). Also, note that you can't do: cd machines\vm_name and run: vboxmanage registervm vm_name.xml from there, it won't work. 4. Now, we register the vdi file: vboxmanage registerimage disk vm_name.vdi Notice that you don't need to specify a path here, just the vdi file. 5. Now, attach the vdi to the vm: vboxmanage modifyvm vm_name -hda vm_name.vdi You're done at this point. I usually run vboxmanage showvminfo vm_name, to make sure everything is as I expect, though you could start the vm at this point without having to do anything else. One more thing to note about unregistering vms, I've found in 1.5.x at least, that you need to also remove any machine-specific shared folders. If you don't, unregistervm will work just fine, but registervm won't, unless you edit the .xml file by hand, something which I have done in this case. Also, when I unregister a vm for backup, before doing so, I run: vboxmanage showvminfo vm_name >vm_name.txt This way, if I can't register the .xml file for some reason, I can easily read the .txt file to create the vm manually, rather than having to read through a bunch of xml tags to get the info I want. One more thing I just thought of. When unregistering the vm, I unregisterimage disk vm_vdi as well, after detaching it from the vm. Whether this step is necessary or not, I don't know, but I do it anyway. If you can't register a vdi for some reason, you can always use clonevdi to create a new image, which you should then be able to register with no problems. Ok, I think that pretty much describes how I go about this. Hth. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjK74AACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyCrywCgl+F9mypFZ6xbN/MDXCgXaiH/ JKwAnjuo0H+j7cqIp027d1S+ERjBoBqc =GaX3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
