On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:38:42 +1000 Allan McRae wrote: > If this is virtualbox specific, I'd try qemu-kvm. If you want to do this than this can save your time: http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/convert-virtualbox-vdi-to-kvm-qcow Personally i would use qed with the new qemu-kmv 0.14.0 instead of qcow. But the handling with virtualbox is easier so David see this only as an information and not as an suggestion. See you, Attila