Kevin Miller wrote:
When I first set up VirtualBox I didn't realize that the image would be stored
under my home folder (Linux). I wanted my virtual images stored on a 2nd hard
drive where I had plenty of room. I now have an image that is 10.4 GB under my
home folder. The HD properties show:
Just to point it out - you can configure the default location for VDI
files. Or you can explicitly create them whererever you want.
/home/mkm/.VirtualBox/VDI/mis-mkmvirt-wxp.vdi
Type (Format): Normal (VDI)
Attached to: Not Attached
This base hard disk is indirectly attached using the following differencing
hard disk:
/vbox/.VirtualBox/Machines/mis-mkm-wxp/Snapshots/{88c59112-1dd1-49e2-81c7-3918449b73f3}.vdi
Type (Format): Differencing (VDI)
Attached to: mis-mkmvirt-wxp
Although the differencing VDI is located in the snapshots directory, there
aren't any snapshots per se. Clicking on the snapshots tab for the VM just
shows 'Current State'.
You get such a differencing image automatically if you attach the same
image to several VMs. And right now there's no automatic way to get rid
of the diff image, since the assumption is that once you started
"sharing" an image you'll continue to do so.
I would like to consolidate this so I only have a single virtual hard disk
located on my 2nd physical hard drive where I have more room. How do I do that?
As a workaround you can create a clone of the diff image (sloppy
wording), because the result will be an image without diffs.
After this you can just switch to the cloned disk image and once you
verified everything is still working (and that you cloned the right
image) you can delete the diff image and the old base image.
Klaus
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