Re: Restoring VirtualBox VM

EricZolf <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Feb 2025 07:46:04 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.rdiff-backup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,=20
I have no clue of virtual box but which error message do you get?=20
Did you backup the image while the VM was switched off? Else it could get =
inconsistent=2E=2E=2E
KR, Eric

On February 23, 2025 4:48:18 AM UTC, Eric Beversluis via Any discussion of=
 rdiff-backup <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu=2Eorg> wrote:
>I've been backing up my VirtualBox VM as part of my rdiff-backiup of my H=
ome directory (Fedora 40)=2E
>
>My Window 10 VM got destroyed, and I'm trying to recreate it, but Virtual=
Box does not seem to be able to recognize or deal with my restored rdiff-ba=
ckup files of the VM=2E Everything seems to be there, but VB doesn't seem t=
o recognize the =2Evdi file at all and I get an error when I click on the =
=2Evbox file, which is supposedly what retriggers the new VM=2E
>
>Does anyone know why I can't restore from my rdiff-backup of the virtual =
machine? I thought I was being very prudent with backing up the VM=2E