diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/virtualbox/configuration.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/virtualbox/configuration.html.md index 16f36202e..9d02ef98e 100644 --- a/website/docs/source/v2/virtualbox/configuration.html.md +++ b/website/docs/source/v2/virtualbox/configuration.html.md @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ and space (the new machine contains a copy of the base box's image). Using linked clones can drastically reduce this overhead. Linked clones are based on a master VM, which is generated by importing the -base box only once the first time it is required. For the linked clones only +base box only once the first time it is required. For the linked clones only differencing disk images are created where the parent disk image belongs to the master VM. @@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ config.vm.provider 'virtualbox' do |v| end ``` +If you don't want backward compatbility and want to force users to +support linked cloning, you can use `Vagrant.require_version` with 1.8. +
Note: the generated master VMs are currently not removed automatically by Vagrant. This has to be done manually. However, a master