Archive for November, 2007
How To: Properly Backup a VirtualBox Machine (.VDI)
Most people don’t realize that making a backup of a VirtualBox Machine (.vdi) is more complex than just copy/paste. If you do that, you’ll soon realize (when it’s too late) that it doesn’t work! This is the proper way to backup your VirtualBox Machine:
VBoxManage clonevdi source destination
Example:
VBoxManage clonevdi ~/.VirtualBox/VDI/WindowsXP.vdi ~/WindowsXP_Backup.vdi
Then, wait for [...]
How To: Install VirtualBox on Fedora 8 (Werewolf)
Updated January 9th, 2008
This is a tutorial on how to get VirtualBox up and running on Fedora 8. If you havn’t yet, add yourself as a “sudoer” by visiting the tutorial this page. Also, this tutorial is for the 32-Bit version of VirtualBox, so you’ll have to customize a little more to get [...]
A Few More Qeirstyn Pictures!
Hello Family!
We’ve gotten just a few more pictures of Qeirstyn just hanging around the house and what-not. There’s not really anything new to report. She’s getting really good at being on her stomach and holding her head high. She’s also starting to hold onto her bottle really well. We’ve also introduced [...]
Guides to Help with Fedora 8 Install
The Unofficial Fedora FAQ:
http://www.fedorafaq.org/
A Huge Collection of Tutorials and How-To’s:
http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/91/26/
Automated Scripts for Multimedia, Drivers, and More!*
http://www.freewebs.com/dnmouse/autoinstall.htm
*If I may suggest, when I used the script, it really messed up my repositories and such, so I had to install Fedora 8 again and start from ground-up. Use the my-guides link instead to get multimedia and the [...]
Feelin’ Stoked About Fedora 8…
A gem of innovative and cutting-edge technology has been found emerging from the settling dust storm that was Ubuntu 7.10 called Fedora 8 “Werewolf”. It’s due to be released on November 8th and there is a plethora of very exciting things about it that may convince users (including myself) to make a switch. [...]