Sorry to resurrect this but I've finally found some time to do it
(maybe)...
> > The nice manual explains how to do it in section 9.8
> >
> Thanks Alan, that's half way to what I want to do. However it sounds
> as if the above describes how to use the *actual* disk as a VirtualBox
> image,
Indeed
> I want to create an independent copy of the OS which I can
> modify without changing the original on the hard disk partition.
>
> If I do what's descrbed in section 9.8 of the manual can I then *copy*
> that virtual machine to a 'normal' VirtualBox image?
Sure. Boot any Linux in Vbox (even a live iso), and include both the
Win 'image' as described above, and a new VDI that is large enough.
Then you can just dd between them.
So, I'm not *quite* clear what I have to do, is the following correct:-
Start my normal VirtualBox which runs on a Linux (xubuntu) machine.
Install/run a new (to me anyway, I don't have any Linux virtual
machines at the moment) Linux virtual machine.
Then, using the Linux virtual machine I copy the Win7 image (which
is the real Win7 partition on the hard disk) to a new 'empty' VDI
which I have created in the same VirtualBox installation that the
Linux virtual machine is running in.
I'm not at all convinced I have the above correct as it seems to me
that the Linux virtual machine shouldn't be able to see anything
outside itself. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean by 'include'
above?
--
Chris Green
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