What I do under Linux host/OS to access partitions or logical volumes using VirtualBox guests is to prepare the resource with the following command:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename $vmdk_file -rawdisk $device where: vmdk_file looks like ~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/foo.vmdk device looks like /dev/volgroup/logicalvol The device could equally well look like a disk partition /dev/sda6. Performance is equal to or possibly better than the bare-metal, setting it up this way. (How could it be "better"? The big host OS cache, which should be turned off if you're concerned about data integrity during a power outage.) If VBoxManage command line comes with the PC version, it'd work the same way. -rich _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
