[ubuntu-za] Updating to Intrepid

[Tim Johnson]

James.. your process is spot on.  Tgere is a new VBox version available  
and yes, just select the same .vdi as your hard drive in the setup  
process.  Works 100%

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:15:25 +0200, James Cuénod <j3frea at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks James - there is indeed a .VirtualBox folder which has a VDI  
>> folder
>> which seems to contain XP. As you say, there are a number of other  
>> folders
>> around:
>>
>> .VirtualBox/VDI/VirtualBox.vdi.renamed (which I suspect is one of mine  
>> that
>> I have forgotten!
>> .VirtualBox/Machines which seems to have info wrt the Windows virtual
>> machine
>>
>> and then what looks like some more configuration files.
>>
>> So - if I create a new home folder with all that good stuff in it and  
>> have
>> upgraded the Ubuntu stuff, would it be enough to just re-install  
>> VirtualBox?
>> Or am I being over-simplistic?
>
>
> Yip, I reckon that'll work (as long as the version of virtual box is the
> same - perhaps an upgrade would be a good idea before you upgrade  
> distros...
> Someone else should comment on this though...)
> You just chuck the stuff in .VirtualBox into the new .VirtualBox folder  
> and
> it should all work. Also, as far as I can remember, when you create a new
> virtual machine you can select the drive to use - you can just select the
> .vdi that you want and it'll all work (or at least, one hopes - maybe the
> evil of windows has leaked through :D)
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:07 PM, James Cuénod <j3frea at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Your vitualbox "drive" is probably in your home folder in ~/.VirtualBox
>>> Just check, it'll be a ".vdi" file  - I'm pretty sure that securing vdi
>>> file will save your virtual machine (although there seem to be some
>>> associated xml files as well).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I found that this was a good way to do this.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome
>>>>
>>>> useful site.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure about the other thing
>>>>
>>>> Vijay
>>>>
>>>> Vijay Makanjee
>>>> Ergo | P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
>>>> Ph +2782 6014353 | Fax: 0866563858
>>>> vijay at ergo dot co dot za
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill Cairns wrote:
>>>> > This is slightly off topic to the other thread so I decided to  
>>>> start a
>>>> > new one.
>>>> >
>>>> > Last time I did a completely new install - the time before I did an
>>>> > upgrade. Both worked well and I wouldn't mind going either way  
>>>> except
>>>> > that I now hove so much other stuff installed that I would have to  
>>>> do
>>>> > all over again.
>>>> >
>>>> > But my question involves partitioning the drives: I have read on  
>>>> this
>>>> > and other forums (fora?) that the smart thing to do is to have one's
>>>> > home directory on a separate partition to remove the necessity of
>>>> saving
>>>> > and reloading it every time. Is there a way of moving the home
>>>> directory
>>>> > to a separate partition 'on the run' so to speak? Could someone  
>>>> point
>>>> me
>>>> > to a good tutorial on-line?
>>>> >
>>>> > I am running VirtualBox under Ubuntu and XP as a virtual machine  
>>>> there.
>>>> > I share my whole home directory with XP as a shared folder - works
>>>> well.
>>>> > But I am not quite sure where that windows stuff is. Is it hiding  
>>>> in my
>>>> > home folder somewhere? How could I set it up to allow me to upgrade
>>>> > Ubuntu without having to re-install Windows. (I don't want to have  
>>>> to
>>>> go
>>>> > through that again!)
>>>> >
>>>> > Any other suggestions about good ways to do installs to make updates
>>>> > even easier?
>>>> >
>>>> > (I would qute happily stick with Hardy on my main machine except  
>>>> that
>>>> > Intrepid definitely does fix the sound problems that I have had  
>>>> here).
>>>> >
>>>> > Bill
>>>> >
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