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jbGoSolaris
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VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk does not work unde

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Latest version of VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk does not work under Solaris 11.1
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root@solaris:/home/user/VirtualBox VMs# VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0p0+ isainfo -k
+ CURRENT_ISA=amd64
+ test amd64 '=' amd64
+ INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
+ basename /usr/bin/VBoxManage
+ APP=VBoxManage
+ exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0p0
Number Type StartCHS EndCHS Size (MiB) Start (Sect)
1 0x07 12 /223/20 1023/254/63 478022 206848
2 0x07 1023/254/63 1023/254/63 100 979195904
3 0xbf 1023/254/63 1023/254/63 467376 979400704
root@solaris:/home/user/VirtualBox VMs# VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/user/VirtualBox VMs/Windows81c/Windows8c.vdi -rawdisk /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0p0
+ isainfo -k
+ CURRENT_ISA=amd64
+ test amd64 '=' amd64
+ INSTALL_DIR=/opt/VirtualBox/amd64
+ basename /usr/bin/VBoxManage
+ APP=VBoxManage
+ exec /opt/VirtualBox/amd64/VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/user/VirtualBox VMs/Windows81c/Windows8c.vdi -rawdisk /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0p0
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 4.3.6
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All rights reserved.

Usage: VBoxManage internalcommands <command> [command arguments]

Commands:

createrawvmdk -filename <filename> -rawdisk <diskname>
[-partitions <list of partition numbers> [-mbr <filename>] ]
[-relative]
Creates a new VMDK image which gives access to an entite host disk (if
the parameter -partitions is not specified) or some partitions of a
host disk. If access to individual partitions is granted, then the
parameter -mbr can be used to specify an alternative MBR to be used
(the partitioning information in the MBR file is ignored).
The diskname is on Linux e.g. /dev/sda, and on Windows e.g.
\\.\PhysicalDrive0).
On Linux or FreeBSD host the parameter -relative causes a VMDK file to
be created which refers to individual partitions instead to the entire
disk.
The necessary partition numbers can be queried with
VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions

WARNING: This is a development tool and shall only be used to analyse
problems. It is completely unsupported and will change in
incompatible ways without warning.

Syntax error: Invalid parameter 'VMs/Windows81c/Windows8c.vdi'
root@solaris:/home/user/VirtualBox VMs#
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Re: VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk does not work

Post by noteirak »

jbGoSolaris wrote:Syntax error: Invalid parameter 'VMs/Windows81c/Windows8c.vdi'
Your command doesn't work because you posses a parameter with space but you don't enclose it in double quotes, and you get the part after the space as an invalid parameter.
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