Gregory Nowak <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 08:53:28AM -0700, NoOp wrote: >> From the manual: >> >> <quote> >> Note: Do not simply make copies of virtual disk images. If you import >> such a second copy into a virtual machine, VirtualBox will complain with >> an error, since VirtualBox assigns a unique identifier (UUID) to each >> disk image to make sure it is only used once. >> See chapter 5.4, Cloning disk images, page 80 >> for instructions on this matter. >> </quote> > > I doubt that Lars simply copied the vdi file. If he had, he wouldn't > be able to register it, never mind being able to boot the cloned > guest. Actually, from personal experience, it is ok to simply copy a > vdi file, and use it, as long as you first unregister the original vdi > file.
That's right. BTW: Is it possible to get VBox to repport a special UUID to the OS? I use some copy protected software with a license system that checks for the hardware/UUID. I could be fine if all my XP virtual machines think they are exactly identical, also in respect to the UUID. Is it possible? Lars _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
