virtualbox 4.0 - using earlier VMs?

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 16:30 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> You'd probably be better served by asking on the VBox mailing list:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Community

Will do.

> However, when you say you just installed maverick, did you install on a
> new partion and then move your VBox folder over to the new partition? If
> so, then you'll likely need to modify the xml and the UUID in the file.

Why? The HDD images all have UUIDs in them already, and I've no desire
to change them.

> But... you don't add an xml, you add a vmdk. File|New|VM
> Name...|Memory|'Use existing hard disk' -
> /home/kauer/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/WINXP_SP3/WINXP_SP3.vmdk.

Er - the whole point here is to avoid creating new VMs! I want to use
the old ones, with the HDDs that are attached to them. The path you
describe begins with "New" - which is specifically what I am trying to
avoid. Perhaps I've misunderstood you - what exact steps are you
suggesting?

> Note: I've just upgraded to 4.0 on both maverick & lucid, and had no
> issues in 4.0 picking up my 3.x VM's.

"Picking up" - what does that mean?

I've read the manual some more, and will try simply pointing VB4 at the
old directory instead of at its default.

Regards, K.

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