JD wrote:
> I tried to clone a disk as follows:
> 
> $ VBoxManage clonehd Knoppix-6.4.4.vmdk Knoppix-clone.vdi --format VDI
> --variant Fixed
> VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk
> '/sdb3/home/jd/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Knoppix-6.4.4.vmdk'
> {609a6483-375a-4c93-881c-62007cc727d6} because a hard disk
> '/home/jd/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Knoppix-6.4.4.vmdk' with UUID
> {609a6483-375a-4c93-881c-62007cc727d6} already exists
> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057),
> component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
> Context: "OpenMedium(Bstr(pszFilenameOrUuid).raw(), enmDevType,
> AccessMode_ReadWrite, pMedium.asOutParam())" at line 209 of file
> VBoxManageDisk.cpp

Try either of:

VBoxManage clonehd  609a6483-375a-4c93-881c-62007cc727d6 Knoppix-clone.vdi 
--format VDI --variant Fixed

or

VBoxManage clonehd  "/home/jd/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Knoppix-6.4.4.vmdk" 
Knoppix-clone.vdi --format VDI --variant Fixed

(or maybe use single quotes or maybe no quotes)

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