Posted: May 12th, 2010 | Author: Matt | Tags: snippet, tips, virtualbox | No Comments »
VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid /Volumes/External/VPC/bases/virtual_machine.vdi
Take that VirtualBox Virtual Hard Disk Manger… with all your not letting me add copies of my base virtual machines.
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Author: Matt | Tags: tips, virtualbox | No Comments »
1) Defrag
Multiple passes isn’t a bad idea.
2) Compress null characters
I have had fine luck with the simple “nullfile” executable. I’ve included downloadable builds for both 32bit (nullfile-1.02) and 64 bit (nullfile-1.01_64bit) environments.
3) Shrink the VDI
VBoxManage modifyvdi /Volumes/External/VPC/virtual_machine.vdi compact
And while this all runs quite smoothly for me, I can’t say I’m entirely impressed with the results I’ve seen so far.
