Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> [14-07-20 16:36]: > On Sunday 20 Jul 2014 15:22:30 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > HI, > > > > I set up virtual box successfully with one image. So nice so far. > > Unfortunately I did not recognize early enought, thet the image was > > placed into my home directory, which is short of splace. > > > > Can I move that folder (".Virtualbox") to another bigger place > > -- and what/how do I need to tell Virtualbox about that -- or > > am I already "lost in space" (...I mean...the opposite of it ;) > > If you have run out of space you may have corrupted the image. > > The settings and path for the image file are kept in > ~/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml > > You can edit these there, move the image to whichever partition you want and > try to start it up once more. With a bit of luck no damage happened, > otherwise you will have to delete it and start again. > > PS. Don't forget snapshots, which also are saved in the same area of your ~/ > > HTH. > > -- > Regards, > Mick
Hi Mick, thanks a lot for your help! The space of my $HOME ran was to small for makeing another image. The image itsself is absolutely ok. Sorry for not being understandable regarding this...english is not my mother tongue... :) Best regards, mcc