New to Ubuntu _ Virtual Box VM &Vhd copying/clone Need Help!

[Chris G]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 08:19:30PM +0300, Haneef Bashir wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Ed Oneill <kodiack91 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I am running Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid and Virtual box 2.20 ose with xp guest do
> > not understand how to clone vm & vhd I tryed to research it and also used
> > virtual box manual but do not follow how to do this if someone colud give
> > basic step by step instruction I am a newbie to leniux and virtualization .
> >
> what do you mean exactly by cloning? if you mean making a duplicate of
> the vhd  for another system, then that can be done by just copying the
> vhd like you would do any file.
> 
For another system, yes, but if you want to clone a guest system and
use it on the same host it's more complicated:-

    Make a copy of the guest image using "VboxManage clonehd" (look at
    the help or in the manual for details).  N.B. the filename you
    give it has to be a full path, it doesn't work with relative paths.

    Find the copy that has been made, it may well appear in a new
    directory called HardDisks rather than where you expect it.

    Create a new virtual machine but use the disk you have created
    rather than creating a new disk for it.

-- 
Chris Green