Time for action – adding a secondary virtual drive to your VM

In this exercise, I'll show you how to add another virtual drive to your VM, using the Virtual Media Manager included in VirtualBox and the VDI format.

Note

Remember to use the UbuntuVB virtual machine we created in previous chapters because we'll refer to it on several exercises in this chapter.

1. Open VirtualBox, and select File | Virtual Media Manager... from the main menu:

   

2. The Virtual Media Manager window will appear, showing a list of all the hard disks available in your VirtualBox installation. Click on the New button to create a new virtual hard disk.

3. Leave the Dynamically expanding storage option selected on the Hard Disk Storage Type screen, and click on Next to continue.

4. Type UbuntuHD2.vdi in the Location field, leave the default value of 2.00 GB in the Size section, and click on Next to continue.

5. The Summary dialog will appear next. Verify that your settings are correct, and click on Finish to continue:

   

6. Now your UbuntuHD2...