From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0622913877A for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:50:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A8E1E0A6B; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12935E0A5E for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:50:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gmx.net ([84.133.128.244]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MWPOI-1X1gO23eva-00Xfy9 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:50:01 +0200 Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) meino.cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:50:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:50:00 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Before strewing things up beyong recovery...(virtualbox) Message-ID: <20140720145000.GB3819@solfire> References: <20140720142230.GA3819@solfire> <201407201532.07493.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201407201532.07493.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Ts7liI/rCRuhHcByfuWvMZ5a3ocX+PsZFHGwKYD12f2SOMOXDdB uZ+nunexPzUNr+tsWu+Q7CDhl4q3kjA62MXpBokda9F0hpMI7in32mKJlB1rHK1rVjZD1Yq NgUHtwUEj52UyNTw3Tk7mzCFnauJHJNctx4TlgLr0rCe0KglvJW7GQBlE53KX3/HcJEAH+Y GTme/dKB37nUIncQUWTgA== X-Archives-Salt: d0da71de-0ce1-4f5e-81b2-8e8df231c797 X-Archives-Hash: 18d03f56146d95347ce5e805a2dbe604 Mick [14-07-20 16:36]: > On Sunday 20 Jul 2014 15:22:30 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > HI, > > > > I set up virtual box successfully with one image. So nice so far. > > Unfortunately I did not recognize early enought, thet the image was > > placed into my home directory, which is short of splace. > > > > Can I move that folder (".Virtualbox") to another bigger place > > -- and what/how do I need to tell Virtualbox about that -- or > > am I already "lost in space" (...I mean...the opposite of it ;) > > If you have run out of space you may have corrupted the image. > > The settings and path for the image file are kept in > ~/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml > > You can edit these there, move the image to whichever partition you want and > try to start it up once more. With a bit of luck no damage happened, > otherwise you will have to delete it and start again. > > PS. Don't forget snapshots, which also are saved in the same area of your ~/ > > HTH. > > -- > Regards, > Mick Hi Mick, thanks a lot for your help! The space of my $HOME ran was to small for makeing another image. The image itsself is absolutely ok. Sorry for not being understandable regarding this...english is not my mother tongue... :) Best regards, mcc