Migrating VirtualBox VMs

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Perhaps not the right forum, and in my opinion more of a comment in addition to this question but as I am unfortunately not yet able to comment, and I'd rather not answer the question and and then have it flagged for not being an answer, I'll just ask a new question.

I'm running Lubuntu 14.10 in a VirtualBox (VB) VM on a Mac OS X 10.10.1 Host. I'm on the verge of doing a clean reinstall of the host system, but as I read afore mentioned question, I wondered, should I follow the same procedure as was mentioned in one of the answers.

possible duplicate of [Can I use my Virtualbox VMs on ubuntu](http://askubuntu.com/questions/573852/can-i-use-my-virtualbox-vms-on-ubuntu) — Takkat, Jan 15 '15 at 09:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '15 at 23:33

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Yes, make the OVF when you go from machine to machine.

answered Jan 14 '15 at 23:33

Phil Lawlor

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So basically treat a clean reinstall of the host as new machine, Thanks – SilentRevolution Jan 14 '15 at 23:34
Yes, export to another drive. Then put that away. Reinstall the os. Install virtual box and the guest additions. Then import OVF's from external drive. – Phil Lawlor Jan 14 '15 at 23:42

Migrating VirtualBox VMs

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