On 07/05/10 09:50, Alberto Mijares wrote: >>> I'd like to test Soft RAID solutions on Linux and FreeBSD. I'm aware >>> that you can't unplug a disk from a running VM; so what would you do >>> to simulate a disk failure? >>> >> hmm... >> You can try to find some program, that randomly (but slowly) writes >> junk into HDD image, and run this program on _host_. >> Guest will receive random junk this way. > > > Ok. I'll try to find this program. If you find one, please post it > here. I just hope the HDD image files may be writeable while the VM is > running. > > Any other solution as alternative perhaps? > >
I haven't tried this, but does simply deleting/moving the HDD image file while the VM is running have any effect? Perhaps you could put the image on a removable drive and then unplug it? -- Peter Ford, Developer phone: 01580 893333 fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd. www.justcroft.com Justcroft House, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0AH United Kingdom Registered in England and Wales: 2297906 Registered office: Stag Gates House, 63/64 The Avenue, Southampton SO17 1XS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
