[SOLVED] Help in moving Virtualbox guests

MAYBL8 · 2025-03-08 21:31:22

I have a multiboot machine with a few OS's running.
What I want to do is move my Virtualbox guests from the OS's it is running on to a different OS on the same Laptop.

Here is one other piece of info. The actual VM's are stored on an external drive. So they don't need to move.
I just need the selections in virtualbox to see them on the different OS.

On the current OS before I use the VM's I run the following command:

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /home/demo/mnt/ssddrive

I haven't tried it yet but is it as simple as running that command on the different OS and then just launching Virtualbox?

Thanks

Last edited by MAYBL8 (2025-03-09 12:27:03)

InvisibleRasta · 2025-03-08 21:47:29

You can import existing VM in other OS's in the virtualbox application, it has an import option. https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E2 … rt-vm.html

Last edited by InvisibleRasta (2025-03-08 21:48:44)

MAYBL8 · 2025-03-09 12:26:39

I ended up just using the add selection and navigated to the .vbox files and did it that way.
Don't know if there was an easier way but this will work.

Arch Linux

#1 2025-03-08 21:31:22

[SOLVED] Help in moving Virtualbox guests

#2 2025-03-08 21:47:29

Re: [SOLVED] Help in moving Virtualbox guests

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Re: [SOLVED] Help in moving Virtualbox guests

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