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Start using VirtualBox 2.x USB support by following these easy steps.
Thanks to virtualbox.org and Ibrahim Ben Faruhn.

If you got one or more of the following errors try to use the command below:

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = "en_GB.UTF-8",
	LANG = "en_GB.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

Try to reinstall the local languages: (english pack)

sudo apt-get install --reinstall language-pack-en

To clone a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, first go to:

/home/[username]/.VirtualBox/VDI

in the console, use command:
(don't forgot to change the virtual disk name to your existing virtual disk name.)

VBoxManage clonevdi vm1.vdi vm2.vdi

If you don't have the vboxguestadditions.iso for your virtual machine, you can download it from here:

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.0.4/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.0.4...