Is there a particular reason you're doing this? Maybe a pre-installed VBox image from the vendor may be a better idea.
You may have to create a virtual disk image inside VirtualBox, and use dd to write the file to the virtual disk. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 16:02, Turbo Fredriksson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to install a machine... Usually, I've been using > normal CD/DVD ISO's, but this time I needed a HD media[1] > for various reasons. > > I've tried to add it as a CDROM (tried changing the suffix > to .iso from .img), as a harddisk (with and without changing > suffix) and as a floppy (ditto with the suffix). Nothing worked. > > VBox claims that it can't recognize the format. In one of the > attempts, I got VBox to accept the file, but the BIOS claimed > not a bootable device. > > [1]ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-amd64/20110106+squeeze3+b1/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz > > > PS. NATURALLY I've unpacked the file! :) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
