> > > Does it actually allow one shared disk between two VMs? > > > Correct me if I'm wrong but they'd not both be writable? > > > > The capability is described in section 9.9 of the User Manual. > > Have you actually tried doing this?
What I have done is create vmdks which point to a block device (say /dev/sda2) for the underlying data, and attached those vmdks to Linux guests. I do not remember ever trying to attach the same vmdk to multiple guests at the same time, or using anything other than a block device for the underlying data. > I have a physical partition on my physical disk described > in the vmdk file > ~/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows\ XP\ on\ partition\ 2/sda-mbr\,2\,5.vmdk > When I try adding it to a second VM I get: > $ VBoxManage modifyvm "Ubuntu Hardy (lustre test client)" -hda > ~/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows\ XP\ on\ partition\ 2/sda-mbr\,2\,5.vmdk > [...] > [!] Text = Hard disk '/home/brian-old-laptop/.VirtualBox/VDI/Ubuntu > Hardy (lustre test client).vdi' is already attached to device slot 0 on > channel 0 of bus 1 I am not sure how a ".vdi" got involved. The User Manual talks about using vmdks which point to block devices on the host. Larry _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
