Hi, > The assumption is that if you have to do it as part of the command > line, then you likely had to read some documentation. So I'm not > going to spoil your fun. Go read some VBoxManage documentation.
Actually I'm just doing that! Cool! I think I'm going to export just the needed Linux partitions and not the entire disk. I hope it'll be safe enough for a regular usage. Still one issue though, do I have to change the GRUB configuration/location so that the VM picks up the right /boot location in order to boot up the kernel. Does VBox keeps giving access to the disk's MBR even if I'm going to export just few partitions using VBoxManage, and not the entire disk? Thanks! -Ilyes Gouta On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Rance Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Ilyes Gouta <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I had this curious idea for a while now and I am wondering if it's >> feasible at all: Is it possible to create a new virtual machine in >> VirtualBox and attach to it a real, physical hard disk instead of just >> a VDI image, so that the VM will actually boot on the OS installed on >> that disk and have access to the user's files. That would be really >> cool! Image a VM hosted on Windows and having access to the Linux >> distribution installed on the same hard disk (or another one), on a >> different partition. Such a solution would save me from rebooting >> every time to access my files. >> >> Is it at all possible? Is security THE argument for not implementing >> such a feature? >> >> -Ilyes Gouta > > > This feature IS part of vbox. It is not part of the GUI for many > reasons, not the least of which is the possibility for data corruption > if not done correctly. > > The command line admin tool that is part of vbox DOES have the option > you requested. You can create vms, start vms, and a host of other > things from this command line tool. > > > The tool is called VBoxManage. > > > The assumption is that if you have to do it as part of the command > line, then you likely had to read some documentation. So I'm not > going to spoil your fun. Go read some VBoxManage documentation. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
