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by maxexcloo
19. Nov 2013, 17:21
Forum: VirtualBox on Windows Hosts
Topic: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem
Replies: 7
Views: 2974

Re: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem

Yes, last I heard VirtualBox doesn't support GPT partitions, so "list partitions" etc won't work. However that by itself shouldn't prevent raw access to a partition provided the host is able to find that partition, and it allows access. Of course the guest can't boot from a partition imag...
by maxexcloo
19. Nov 2013, 14:17
Forum: VirtualBox on Windows Hosts
Topic: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem
Replies: 7
Views: 2974

Re: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem

Oddly enough when using single partition mode in VMWare Workstation the disk does appear to work.
Unfortunately it appears that VirtualBox physical partition mode doesn't support GPT formatted disks (it crashes when I attempt to list partitions).
by maxexcloo
9. Nov 2013, 04:53
Forum: VirtualBox on Windows Hosts
Topic: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem
Replies: 7
Views: 2974

Re: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem

noteirak wrote:Check this post, if you haven't already.
I can't offline the disk as I'm running Windows off it.
by maxexcloo
5. Nov 2013, 11:00
Forum: VirtualBox on Windows Hosts
Topic: Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem
Replies: 7
Views: 2974

Windows 8 Physical Disk UEFI Linux Guest Problem

Hello, I'm on Windows 8 64 bit and trying to boot a Linux partition on the same physical disk as Windows. I am using GPT and EFI/UEFI mode and while booting does work my EXT4 partition appears to be read only. I have tried booting live CDs in the VM and mounting and while the partition appears to be...