Hello John, sorry for writing directly to you, I forgot the missing reply-to on the virtualbox list...;-(
Am 11.04.2009 22:18 Uhr schrieb John Francis Lee: > Sorry, it's ubuntu 8.10. I have downloaded > > virtualbox-2.2_2.2.0-45846_Ubuntu_intrepid_i386.deb > > but when I try to install it I'm told > > Error: conflicts with the installed package 'virtual-box 2.1' > > So I imagine that I must remove 'virtual-box 2.1' Thats right. > but I'd rather not > have to start from zero all over again. You dont have to. Your settings are not uninstalled, just the files needed to run VB. >> Backing up your VM settings might be a good idea, if it is necessary >> you will know afterwards... ;-) > > How would I do that? Copy your "Machines" directory to another place. Copying the VDI directory is taking lots of disk space, better save from within the guests. Regards, OJ -- Messers Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, offer their compliments to Professor Snape and request that he keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business. (Harry Potter 3)
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