On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:47:53PM +0100, Kees Nuyt wrote: > On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:26:03 +0000, you wrote: > > >On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 10:41:57AM +1300, Mark Cranness wrote: > >> On 1 November 2010 02:26, Chris G <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > ... I have .VDI files in several different sub-directories of > >> > ~/.VirtualBox > >> > ... > >> > So, I'd like to move all the .vdi files into one place, what's the > >> > easiest way to do that? > >> > >> I would (with some danger, not for the faint-hearted): > >> > >> - Ensure no VM has any snapshots, > >> - Shut down all VMs, > >> - Exit VirtualBox GUI, > >> - Ensure all VirtualBox processes have stopped (Task Manager or similar), > >> - Move all VDIs to the desired location, > >> - Edit '.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml' and fixup the directory names in > >> there for the VDIs moved. > >> > > That's what I actually ended up just doing, > > it seems a bit primitive though! :-) > > If you prefer GUI, you can use the Virtual Media Manager > (Ctrl+D in the GUI) to release and remove the .vdi's (KEEP > the files when requested). > The snapshot warning still applies, and all VM's should be > cleanly shut down beforehand, not paused or in save-state > status. > > Then move the files using the OS facilities. > > In the Virtual Media Manager GUI add them to the Hard Disks > collection, and then in each of the VM settings GUI, attach > them to the proper controller. Done. > A few more actions, but no risky edits.
Yes, I did some of it that way, the Virtual Media Manager notices when a file it knew about has disappeared and you can of course add new ones so, as you say, it can be done that way. Thanks for all the help and suggestions everyone. -- Chris Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
