Of course you can boot VM and have the disk be the USB stick.
But first, you must prepare the vmdk file this way:
It is a simple command line, which I embedded in a short shell script:
#!/bin/sh
# This is how to create a physical disk vmdk, BEFORE you create the
virtual machine.
# After you create the vmdk, then create the VM and configure it to have
this vmdk as
# it's HD.
echo -n "Enter full path name of the vmdk file: "
# Usually, I enter $HOME/.VirtualBox/Machines/machineName/machineName.vmdk
read filename
echo -n "Enter the full disk or patition path name (eg: /dev/sdc or
/dev/sdb2): "
# If you want to use the whole usb stick (which would make most sense as
it is only 4GB),
# then enter /dev/sdX where X is some letter that is OS assigned.
read diskname
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename $filename -rawdisk
$diskname -register
Cheers,
JD
Johannes Kastl wrote:
Hello everyone,
On 2/13/09 5:40 PM Johannes Kastl wrote:
Is it possible to boot a VM from a USB stick or disk? If not, will this
be possible in the future?
No reaction? Am I missing the obvious? Asking stupid questions (JEHOVA!)?
Regards,
OJ
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