On 04/24/2010 12:49 PM, Ilyes Gouta wrote: > 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? >
With VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk, you would use the -mbr parameter. http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
