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copy hard disk (vdi file) as normal with rsync. Need to recreate Virtual Machine in the Gui. Snapshots are not allowed | copy hard disk (vdi file) as normal with rsync. Need to recreate Virtual Machine in the Gui. Snapshots are not allowed | ||
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[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox/SharedFolders Ubuntu Community Documentation SharedFolders] | |||
===UBuntu Guest OS === | ===UBuntu Guest OS === |
Revision as of 08:52, 12 July 2011
Copying and Cloning[edit]
Good Article is Copying and Cloning VirtualBox VMs
Copy (from one machine to another)[edit]
copy hard disk (vdi file) as normal with rsync. Need to recreate Virtual Machine in the Gui. Snapshots are not allowed
[edit]
Ubuntu Community Documentation SharedFolders
UBuntu Guest OS[edit]
Setup Virtualbox as follows
Name: Ubuntu_10_02_Gui_Sandbox_32Bigt Virtual Memory: default (384 MB) Create new harddisk size 8192 mb autogrow name:
ubuntu livecd in cddrive, english install, germankeyboad, complete disk
after install, sudo apt-get upgrade to fetch the latest versions
guestadditions (required for shared clipboard, folder sharing)
install from ubuntu repositories (onto guest OS, not host OS)
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions
(this rebuilds the kernel to run vbox, reboot after this) sudo mkdir /media/cdimage sudo mount -o loop /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso /media/cdimage
cd /media/cdimage
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
following additional packages installed as standard
sun java
(and openjdk deinstall)
Now make a backup and use as a clone template