Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 12:07:48 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: first use of virtualbox on fbsd host Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vBG6BSSFowu9z7M3NqetHNJ7fzHAHSPKEpeSmwht1rdQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2ByoEx9OS7KX7KVdYaASWO-8b0t4-8BCMHFDFpdnwmvMCMFv=A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOjkAUdkK-vc=S1iBoE0KCQGhugcbifHTVyjpTAs-1wZvkMU5Q@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2ByoEx9OS7KX7KVdYaASWO-8b0t4-8BCMHFDFpdnwmvMCMFv=A@mail.gmail.com>
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To cleanly move a VB VM to a new system, it's usually best to export it to an OVA, copy the .ova file to the new system, and import it. I Google and found a page with a nice set of commands to do it without a GUI, but my system is in transition to a new box and it will take a bit of hunting to find it. If I find it, I'll follow up. Or, maybe someone else will post it. On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 11:56 Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:50 PM S. Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Y'all, > > > > I've got some machines on my linux host I'd like to try on the fbsd host. > > > > On linux, it's easy: copy the .vbox, and .vdi file to > > /home/$USER/.VirtualBox folder, run the gui, and it's right there in the > > list. If not, manually edit the vbox file with a txt editor to fix the > path > > that's causing compliants. Edit vbox.xml file worst-case. Simple. > > > > I suppose I should mention the fbsd server is headless, which is probably > > 9/10th's of the problem, since I can't run the control gui so it's never > > created the deafult files? I searched the entire system, there's no vbox > > xml file, probably cause I haven't ever successfully loaded a machine on > > this system? There doesn't seem to be any vbox folders or files in /etc, > > /usr/local/etc, /usr/share, etc. The handbook only tells you how to > install > > vbox, with zero info on making it run (so I guess it's supposed to 'just > > work' for people who aren't idiots; sadly not a set which includes myself > > apparently). > > > > I did convince some of the shell commands to error out with references to > > /root/.config/virtualbox, but I can't seem to get the commands to > recognize > > the vbox and vdi files when I place them in that path either. Totally > > stumpped! > > > > Many thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > Even if it's headless, you can still run VirtualBox GUI through SSH with > x-forwarding. > -- > Mario Lobo > http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br > FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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