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		raphaelss on Jan 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mezzanine: A Common Lisp-based 64-bit OS for Virtu... The .vmdk file you get after running gunzip on the downloaded file is a virtual hard drive. When you create a new VM in VirtualBox, it asks if you want to create a new virtual hard drive or use an existing one. Select the one downloaded.

tempodox on Jan 26, 2015 [–]

Yep, got it. I didn't recognize that funny graphic beside the pop-up menu in VirtualBox was supposed to be a button for opening a file. Creative UI choices like that do confuse me a great deal.

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