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by robtheslob
23. Jun 2017, 21:09
Forum: VirtualBox on Mac OS X Hosts
Topic: [Solved] Disk Image File Not Accessible
Replies: 12
Views: 21250

Re: Disk Image File Not Accessible

I could respond to some of the questions you had about the troubleshooting process, but there appears to be no need, since you've already solved the problem. Well done by the way. So it was a permissions problem, pretty much as indicated early on. The only trick was to observe that this was a raw d...
by robtheslob
22. Jun 2017, 03:54
Forum: VirtualBox on Mac OS X Hosts
Topic: [Solved] Disk Image File Not Accessible
Replies: 12
Views: 21250

Re: Disk Image File Not Accessible

take look at this tutorial How to Use a MacOS Bootcamp Partition as a VirtualBox Guest Thank you for your reply. My issue has been resolved, and I will post my solution here for posterity. It appears that I forgot a simple step before starting VirtualBox. I really don't recall ever doing it, but I ...
by robtheslob
21. Jun 2017, 23:39
Forum: VirtualBox on Mac OS X Hosts
Topic: [Solved] Disk Image File Not Accessible
Replies: 12
Views: 21250

Re: Disk Image File Not Accessible

You understand that what you have there is a raw disk image, right? You are accessing host partitions "/dev/disk0s1" and "/dev/disk0s4". You should also also have a 40 sector file "win10raw-pt.vmdk" which I assume just provides the MBR, and a tail vmdk whose purpose ma...
by robtheslob
21. Jun 2017, 07:48
Forum: VirtualBox on Mac OS X Hosts
Topic: [Solved] Disk Image File Not Accessible
Replies: 12
Views: 21250

Re: Disk Image File Not Accessible

How big is this '/Users/rapmaster/win10raw.vmdk' file? If it's a couple of KB, then it's a text file, in which case, please open it with a text editor and post its contents. Thank you for the response. It is 801 bytes, and the contents are posted below: # Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=6c9d849b ...
by robtheslob
20. Jun 2017, 21:54
Forum: VirtualBox on Mac OS X Hosts
Topic: [Solved] Disk Image File Not Accessible
Replies: 12
Views: 21250

[Solved] Disk Image File Not Accessible

Hello, This is the my first post. I've read the rules, but let me know if I fail to provide enough information to get help. I've tried searching, but that did not result in a solution for me. I'm running VirtualBox 5.1.22 on a Mid 2012 Macbook Air (macOS Sierra, 10.12.5). Guest is Windows 10. Everyt...