Create split virtual HD for VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a great tool and I like it a lot.  However, the inability of creating split virtual  hard drive into 2GB chunks can be a problem at times.  Most flash pen drives use FAT32 to maximize its compatibility with different OSes, but at the same time this limits the maximum file size to 2GB.  The inability of spliting virtual drive into 2GB blocks makes transporting  native VDI image files used by  VirtualBox impossible.  However, there is a workaround as VirtualBox is also compatible with images created by VMWare which allows split images.

Today, I found this website which allow people to create empty VMware compatble images without using a VMWare product.

http://www.easyvmx.com/new-easyvmx.shtml

With the help of this link, you can now create virtual machines with split file feature under VirtualBox.

Watching FLV using Media Player Classic on Windows

Although this is not a Ubuntu related topic, I still want to share with others. I have downloaded this FLV file using DownloadHelper. However, FFDShow seems have problem to handle it even I have FLV enabled. After a Google search, it seems the solution is to find and install a splitter called FLV Splitter, and register it with Windows

regsvr32 FLVSplitter.ax

A simple word, it works! So, if you like me who have trouble to play FLV videos using WMP Classic, you may want to give this little utility a try.