[ale] Virtual machine

[Sergio Chaves]

Also, check the hard drive id (UUID).
VirtualBox is a little "funny" when changing from HD to HD or retrieving
from backups.
Take a look at this link and see if it applies to you.
http://www.randallkent.com/virtual-box/change-uuid-of-virtualbox-vdi


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Lightner, Jeff
<JLightner at dsservices.com>wrote:

>   I haven’t used Dejavu/Duplicity but if you’re sure the size of the file
> was 50 GB are you sure the backup you restored from is the most recent
> one?   Many backup tools save more than one backup image over time.   Also
> its possible that you have an older “full” backup with the 18 GB file and a
> newer “incremental” that contains the 50 GB file that you need to restore.
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Pablo
> Ordonez
> *Sent:* Monday, May 12, 2014 11:14 AM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> *Subject:* [ale] Virtual machine
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> Hi there
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> Looking for some pointers.
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> I had a Window 8 virtual machine (.vdi file of 50 GB) in my Virtual Box.
> Before doing a cleaning installation of Ubuntu, I backed up using dejavu
> (duplicity front end in Ubuntu).
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> After restore the virtual machine I have a .vdi file with a size of 18 GB,
> and I cannot run it. The blue screen of death shows a error.
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> Thanks for your help
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> Pablo
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