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How can I generate a VirtualBox VM from a disk image?

I have a VirtualBox virtual machine that I wanted to rename. I tried by editing my config file, and when that broke things, I searched and found you don't want to be editing VirtualBox configuration files with Vim: you only want command line and GUI files.

I have what I am pretty sure is the exact disk, unmodified apart from possibly having the UUID changed from a VirtualBox command line files.

How can I create / restore / modify / ... a virtual machine with VirtualBox that will have my .vdi file as its disk?

Solution

  • You should be able to create a new Virtual Machine and set the .vdi as its hard disk.

    https://blogs.oracle.com/oswald/importing-a-vdi-in-virtualbox