For backing up purposes I want to clone my win7.vdi to an external drive. I have read many forums and blogs and most point to the same command. I am running host: Mint Julia, VBox v4.04 r70112.
Code:
VBoxManage clonevdi /home/johnny/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/win7.vdi /home/johnny/win7bak.vdi
Outputs to:
Code:
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: 3c2e2f84-7cb7-4615-b3b1-7fbbac8400b6
Successful clone but when trying to use external drive mounted at /media/Ext3_Main
Code:
VBoxManage clonevdi /home/johnny/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/win7.vdi /media/Ext3_Main/vbox_backup/win7bak.vdi
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID:
Nothing happens. I have checked permissions on the external drive and folders and it is a USB drive in case it matters. Attempting to move the successful clone does this:
Code:
mv -v ~/win7bak.vdi /media/Ext3_Main/vbox_backup/HardDisks
`/home/johnny/win7bak.vdi' -> `/media/Ext3_Main/vbox_backup/HardDisks/win7bak.vdi'
mv: writing `/media/Ext3_Main/vbox_backup/HardDisks/win7bak.vdi': Input/output error
I have also tried clonevdi using the UUID with the same result. Any help will be much appreciated.