OK, I have 3 hard drives:
#1 80 GB installation drive/boot
#2 1.5 TB drive
#3 1.5 TB drive
Drives #2 & #3 are installed as LVM and mount at boot. There is not enough room on the boot drive to install virtualbox with a 100 GB virtual disk.
How do I get VirtualBox to see drive #2 and allow me to install it there?
Thanks to anyone who can show me how to do this. I have tried all the suggestions I can find anywhere on the internet.
How do I install virtual box on harddrive #2?
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How do I install virtual box on harddrive #2?
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Re: How do I install virtual box on harddrive #2?
You cannot define the place, where the application gets installed. But you can define in the global settings of VB, where the virtual machines get installed.
Re: How do I install virtual box on harddrive #2?
Thanks.
Yes, I know the application gets installed in specific places. I am trying to find out how to install the virtual drive on HD #2.
Yes, I know the application gets installed in specific places. I am trying to find out how to install the virtual drive on HD #2.
Re: How do I install virtual box on harddrive #2?
At the place I told you. Open the preferences from the VB Manager, the questioned setting is on the first page (general).
Re: How do I install virtual box on harddrive #2?
I couldn't find a place in any VB GUI to *move* (or redefine location) the install data (virtual machine) after creating it, so edited
~/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml (src=... portion):
(Yes, it says "do not edit this file...", but no problems)
And
Note size of vmwindows.vdi.
Edit:
~/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml (src=... portion):
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<MachineRegistry>
<MachineEntry uuid="{63cc52e8-af97-47bc-b85c-cf3218ad512e}" src="/mnt/DATA/vbox/vmwindows/vmwindows.vbox"/>
</MachineRegistry>
And
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$ pwd
/mnt/DATA/vbox/vmwindows
/$ ls -l
total 10287148
drwx------ 2 user user 4096 Dec 28 14:35 Logs
drwx------ 2 user user 4096 Dec 28 14:36 Snapshots
-rw------- 1 user user 12986 Dec 28 14:36 vmwindows.vbox
-rw------- 1 user user 12929 Dec 28 14:36 vmwindows.vbox-prev
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user user 10533994496 Dec 28 14:36 vmwindows.vdi
$
Edit:
That's over 10X the size of a Win7 install without data a bunch of data...and you don't need to keep data in the VB install, it can access the rest of your linux system (the parts you specify).There is not enough room on the boot drive to install virtualbox with a 100 GB virtual disk.
If you can't create it where you want to, create then move it.How do I get VirtualBox to see drive #2 and allow me to install it there?
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Your data and OS are backed up....right?