The right way to backup a virtualbox .vdi file

Follow the instructions in this page:

http://www.modhul.com/2009/06/17/how-to-clone-or-copy-a-virtualbox-virtual-disk/

In virtualbox, it is possible to define a shared folder that is accessible by both the host OS and the guest OS.
Given that guest OS is Linux, to access this shared folder run the following commands:
1. Create a mount point:
mkdir shareddir

2. Mount:
mount -t vboxsf share shareddir
where share is the shared folder

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