Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Framework providing remote access to a (typically virtual) desktop.
Questions tagged [vdi]
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How to compact VirtualBox's VDI file size?
I've a VirtualBox VM which configured a very large hard disk size (bigger than host). By my mistake, a program on the VM generated lots of log files and the VDI file size keeps growing until there is no space on the host.
Now I've deleted the log…
DeepNightTwo
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How to change fixed size VDI with modifyhd command in Windows?
I'm trying to figure out how to change the size of a VDI file. I'm new to VirtualBox, and I got a lot to learn. But I think I got the hang of the basics. I have already installed Windows 7 as my first guest. The host is also Windows 7. I wasn't sure…
Samir
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How can I clone a hard drive directly to a vdi image
I would like to make a VirtualBox .vdi image out of my hard drive.
I've found howto's online that describe doing this by first usind DD to create a .raw image, then using VBoxManage to convert the .raw to a .vdi. SO if my HD is 1 TB, this process…
SuperElectric
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Mount vdi as drive in Windows
I am wanting to mount a VDI file that no longer boots to a drive in Windows to, hopefully, recover some files.
I am aware that Winmount advertises this function, but I am a bit confused about which edition is the best, 32 or 64, as the VDI is a 32…
lagerdalek
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Resize partition of Windows 7 running on VirtualBox with dynamically allocated storage
I run Windows 7 inside VirtualBox.
I resized the disk of Windows 7 from 25 GB to 50 GB:
VBoxManage modifyhd Windows\ 7\ Pro.vdi --resize 50000
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
PROBLEM: I can' grow the partition,…
Nicolas Raoul
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Can I use one virtualbox disk for multiple machines?
I'm not sure what search term to use and skimming through the VirtualBox manual didn't help me either, so I ask my two questions here...
My setup is this: PC with dual boot into Windows 7 and a Debian operating system (both 64bit). I've created a…
foraidt
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Mount VirtualBox VDI disk
I have a virtual Windows 7 computer using VirtualBox on a Linux host. How can I mount this virtual pc's harddisk (VDI file) in Linux? It's a dynamic file, meaning that it only takes up as much space as is actually used.
Bart van Heukelom
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Is there a tool to convert VHD images to VDI images?
I saw the response for converting VDI images into VHD images, but I want to do the opposite conversion - is there a tool to do this?
oz10
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Convert VirtualBox dynamic VDI disk image to static, fixed VDI
I've originally created my VDI to auto-expand to 20GB of virtual capacity.
For performance reasons, I would like to convert them to linear, that is, to have a single, non-sparse, 20GB file sitting on the disk, instead of the dynamically expanding,…
qdot
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Unable to use cloned VM, OpenSUSE, VirtualBox
I've cloned a VM and now while booting it I see a message:
Trying manual resume from /dev/sda1
Invoking userspace resume from /dev/sda1
resume: libgcrypt version: 1.5.0
Trying manual resume from /dev/sda1
invoking in-kernel resume from…
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Where can I find desktop Ubuntu releases on a vmdk?
Any official or de-facto websites that supply this ?
Details: I specifically need Ubuntu 10.04 LTS desktop version,
in general; ubuntu desktop LTS versions.
user19496
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Is there a way to exclude a specific drive vdi from "snapshots" in VirtualBox?
...or is there another space-efficient way of dealing with the page/swap file of the Guest O/S?
I've realised that its quite possible/likely that one of the things which "bloats" the snapshot/diff vdi's when a snapshot is taken is the guest…
Graza
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Could not find an open hard disk with UUID {....} on VirtualBox 4.1.2
Guest: Ubuntu
Guest VM Name: WordpressThemeDevBox
Host: Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate
VirtualBox Version: 4.1.2 r73507
I shut off my guest and removed the Current State snapshot using the Restore Snapshot button.
After the process completed I returned…
leeand00
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How do I recover files from a corrupt VDI file?
Is it possible to repair a corrupt VDI file? The OS on the VDI (XP) doesn't boot at all, it just hangs at a black screen. I was getting file errors before on its last boot, but now its not working at all.
Sector viewer shows 'Invalid partition table…
Eric Packwood
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