Backing VirtualBox

[MirJafar Ali]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:07 PM, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have one simple question. I have VirtualBox that I want to backup to
> > install new version. I can see that there is one
> > directory named ".VirtualBox". Is doing "cp -r .VirtualBox
> > VirtualBoxBakUp"   will correctly backup the VM ? I am asking
> > this question as I am not sure how and where VM keeps the file.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Mir
>
> No need to do this but if you insist, better go to VBox / File /
> Export Appliance. This way you can create a proper copy of your
> Virtual Sistems (wherever they might reside).
>
>
> L.
>
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Hello Lucio

Perhaps I didn't understand the word "if you insist". Does it mean that this
step is not at all require ?
As far as I know, there is no version 4 from synaptic, so I will need to
download *.deb file from the oracle
site and then install it.

Thanks.

Mir
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