> Hi, > Sorry if this has been covered before but I couldn't see anything in > the archives or the user manual. My first attempt to port a virtual > machine from one Linux host to another by tarring up the contents of > .VirtualBox and copying the resulting tar file across and untarring it > was successful but are there any gotchas I should be aware of? Is this > the way to do it or are there better ways? Is this supported at all? > > I'm looking at this as a means of providing access to Microsoft Office > for staff members who prefer to have a Linux desktop machine. Wine > doesn't seem to work, CrossOver Linux works but costs (and Access > doesn't work at the moment) but I'm really impressed by the usability > and speed of VirtualBox. Is there any other way of doing this that > I've overlooked?
Hi Mark Actually it is dead easy. Just copy your Virtual Hard Disk from one physical computer to another. It has a .vdi extension so search for ( *.vdi ) files on your system, and copy Windows XP.vdi to all computers that you want Windows running on. Generally there should be no major problems. There could be small problems: a) saved state will get lost (so shutdown properly, before you copy) b) Don't install software that requires specific CPU instructions, such as SSE. (as not all computers have it) c) Recommended: Install MS Office before you copy the vdi files. d) your MAC address will change, but that's not big deal. On the target machine, re-create the VM from scratch, and use the copied vdi file as Hard Disk. -Alexey _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
