Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
Hi everyone. I am using MacOS 10.13.6 VBox 6.1.28 with ext pack 6.1.28. I am trying to create a VMDK that points to a drive (not partition) formatted exFat GUID. After launching VBox from the terminal, I am typing: VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /Users/jonknebel/Documents/VM_HDs/windows.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0 I get nothing. I have done this successfully before with an older version of VBox. Has something changed?? What am I doing wrong?
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Re: Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
Try using https://whatroute.net/vboxrawdisk.html
It works OK for me with a USB disk running Windows 10
It works OK for me with a USB disk running Windows 10
Re: Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
The error message tells me that /dev/disk0 is an invalid parameter (diskname). It says: The diskname is on Linux e.g. /dev/sda, and on Windows e.g. \\.\PhysicalDrive0). No mention of MacOS disknames.
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Re: Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
Is /dev/disk0 the correct drive? I would expect that to be the internal disk on your Machine.
Do you have read/write access to the disk and all its partitions?
Do you have read/write access to the disk and all its partitions?
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Re: Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
FWIW, in a Terminal, you can use diskutil list to get an overview of the macOS disk names.
Re: Mac HighSierra Trying to create Raw Disk
Thanks granada29 That worked for me. Problem solved. It did not work when running VBox from the terminal, but did when I launched it normally - and fixed permissions too!