Tim, I run Ubuntu, but when I changed from OSE to non-free there were no issues as my two VM's were stored in two great files. If you're worried, you can back these up first, using the command line copy commands eg:
:~$ VBoxManage clonevdi ~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Vista1.vdi /media/Elements/Virtual_machines/Vista1.vdi Here Vista1.vdi is the name of a Vista VM I have. The first entry is the default location(hidden?) to copy from. The second time I invoked 'Vista1.vdi' was to name the destination.'Elements' is the name of my flash drive, and I put the files in a new directory I called Virtual_Machines. These files are big. Could take over an hour to back up, but if you reload the file, (assuming the upgrade goes WRONG and you need to) then they will work straight away. Simono On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 21:54 +0100, Tim wrote: > I am running Mepis 8 (Debian Lenny) and have downloaded and installed Virtual > box 2.0.4 from the repositories. When I launch Vbox it tells me that version > 3.2.2 is available, is it safe\recommended to upgrade vbox by downloading the > relevant deb from vbox?? If I upgrade how safe is my guest OS (XP Pro). > > Secondly, should I be able to set up a VPN in the XP guest and make it > connect? > Currently it fails saying it can't connect (internet access works ok) > > Tim > -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-06-02 19:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
