-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 08:53:28AM -0700, NoOp wrote: > From the manual: > > <quote> > Note: Do not simply make copies of virtual disk images. If you import > such a second copy into a virtual machine, VirtualBox will complain with > an error, since VirtualBox assigns a unique identifier (UUID) to each > disk image to make sure it is only used once. > See chapter 5.4, Cloning disk images, page 80 > for instructions on this matter. > </quote>
I doubt that Lars simply copied the vdi file. If he had, he wouldn't be able to register it, never mind being able to boot the cloned guest. Actually, from personal experience, it is ok to simply copy a vdi file, and use it, as long as you first unregister the original vdi file. 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) iEYEARECAAYFAkpQ/ggACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBhKQCgmEb+v3EO6IdrZCMdCy2v6+vo A9sAoKWhQocPmNSV/eV8RHak7RQwPZoy =xRJP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
