Comments on: Make a Copy of VirtualBox .vdi http://www.kernelhardware.org/make-a-copy-of-virtualbox-vdi/ Your Source for Linux tutorials, programming and hardware advice Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:12:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Ramirez http://www.kernelhardware.org/make-a-copy-of-virtualbox-vdi/comment-page-1/#comment-6498 David Ramirez Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:18:54 +0000 http://www.kernelhardware.org/?p=303#comment-6498 To release the .vdi file using the command line you can do: # remove disk from VM "moody": sh0x@vbox:~# VBoxManage modifyvm moody -hda none # restore copied VDI and open medium in virtualbox sh0x@vbox:~# VBoxManage openmedium disk /opt/VBox/HardDisks/moody.vdi # add disk to VM sh0x@vbox:~# VBoxManage modifyvm moody -hda /opt/VBox/HardDisks/moody.vdi To release the .vdi file using the command line you can do:

# remove disk from VM “moody”:
sh0x@vbox:~# VBoxManage modifyvm moody -hda none

# restore copied VDI and open medium in virtualbox
sh0x@vbox:~# VBoxManage openmedium disk /opt/VBox/HardDisks/moody.vdi

# add disk to VM
sh0x@vbox:~# VBoxManage modifyvm moody -hda /opt/VBox/HardDisks/moody.vdi

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