I wanted to let you know that I got this working just fine now. All I had to do was copy the bootable iso image to my host file system, create a new virtual machine with specifications of Linux, point it at the image when I started it the first time, and it all loaded right up. Next thing you know I was on the internet, etc. It was not even necessary to make any special settings related to the boot sequence. It is as if I had the CD in my drive and let the machine identify it from the bios. This is especially efficient because whenever the bootable image OS is upgraded, I only need to copy it to the same place on the host so that it will be found.
One big plus of this method is that I can add programs to the image easily enough and they will now be available to the OS when it boots. "Boris Epstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:cadef1xfgxykp3dtzqjv0+xff_+nfxsznyhzkhok4mtwsoai...@mail.gmail.com... > John, > > I believe you can boot from an ISO as long as you have added it to your > storage in the VM's settings and specified it in the boot sequence. > > Hope this helps. > > Boris. > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:13 PM, John > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello. There are operating systems that one can boot into from a CD or >> USB >> during boot time. For example, this can be used for that purpose: >> http://partedmagic.com/doku.php. It is my understanding that one can >> boot >> into the ISO, which would normally be used to create the bootable CD, and >> this can be done by "booting" into it from within the virtual machine. >> So, >> my question is, if I want to create the kind of VM for booting into this, >> how does one go about doing so? Basically, all I want to do is to have >> the >> ISO located on my machine's hard drive and tell the VM to boot it. >> Thanks. >> >> John >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
