createrawvmdk does not work
createrawvmdk does not work
VirtualBox 1.5.6 on mint Linux 5 (Ubuntu/debian based)
The format listed in the manual is:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /path/to/file.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1,5
however, issuing that command with a proper path/filename and partition information causes the following error:
Syntax error: Invalid command 'createrawvmdk'
further, it indicates the only valid "internalcommands" are:
loadsyms, unloadsyms, and setvdiuuid
so how do you REALLY do it (create a VMDK for raw partition access)?
The format listed in the manual is:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /path/to/file.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1,5
however, issuing that command with a proper path/filename and partition information causes the following error:
Syntax error: Invalid command 'createrawvmdk'
further, it indicates the only valid "internalcommands" are:
loadsyms, unloadsyms, and setvdiuuid
so how do you REALLY do it (create a VMDK for raw partition access)?
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Hi!
I had the same problem on debian/lenny.
After searching the net, I found that the problem is, that the createrawvmdk command is not avaliable in the open source edition.
If you download the closed-source edition (still free for personal use), you will be able to create the image.
Link to download:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.en ... DS-CDS_SMI
Good luck
I had the same problem on debian/lenny.
After searching the net, I found that the problem is, that the createrawvmdk command is not avaliable in the open source edition.
If you download the closed-source edition (still free for personal use), you will be able to create the image.
Link to download:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.en ... DS-CDS_SMI
Good luck
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Cannot create vmdk file when using the -partitions option:
Any clues on this error (VMDK: cannot go backwards for partition data in '/home/user/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk')?
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bash$ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/user/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1 -mbr /home/user/.VirtualBox/fakeMBR.mbr -relative
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.0
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ERROR: VMDK: cannot go backwards for partition data in '/home/user/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk'
Error code VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER at /home/vbox/vbox-1.6.0/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/VmdkHDDCore.cpp(2527) in function int vmdkCreateRawImage(VMDKIMAGE*, VBOXHDDRAW*, uint64_t)
Error while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER
bash$ VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/sda
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.0
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All rights reserved.
Number Type StartCHS EndCHS Size (MiB) Start (Sect)
1 0x07 0 /1 /1 1023/254/63 23846 63
2 0x83 1023/0 /1 1023/254/63 14307 48837600
3 0xbf 1023/0 /1 1023/254/63 15366 78140160
6 0x83 1023/254/63 1023/254/63 18708 109611621
5 0x82 1023/254/63 1023/254/63 4094 147926520
bash$ fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disco /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80032038912 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9730 cylinders
Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd
Dispositivo Boot Início Fim Blocos Id Sistema
/dev/sda1 1 3040 24418768+ 7 HPFS ou NTFS
/dev/sda2 3041 4864 14651280 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 * 4865 6823 15735667+ bf Solaris
/dev/sda4 6824 9730 23350477+ 5 Estendida
/dev/sda5 9209 9730 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 6824 9208 19157449+ 83 Linux
there is something worng with the partition order. it must be reorded, and a few other problems (caused by sideeffects) must be repaird too.
just read about doing this in the discussion at http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... ntu@ubuntu
just read about doing this in the discussion at http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... ntu@ubuntu
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Think had done everything right ...
Now the partition order seems to be ok, tks to postfix...
But still ...
Stucked here! ...
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$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80032038912 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3040 24418768+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3041 4864 14651280 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 * 4865 6823 15735667+ bf Solaris
/dev/sda4 6824 9730 23350477+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 6824 9208 19157449+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 9209 9730 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
$ VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/sda
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.0
(C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Number Type StartCHS EndCHS Size (MiB) Start (Sect)
1 0x07 0 /1 /1 1023/254/63 23846 63
2 0x83 1023/0 /1 1023/254/63 14307 48837600
3 0xbf 1023/0 /1 1023/254/63 15366 78140160
5 0x83 1023/254/63 1023/254/63 18708 109611621
6 0x82 1023/254/63 1023/254/63 4094 147926520
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$ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/user/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1 -mbr /home/user/.VirtualBox/fakeMBR.mbr
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.0
(C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
ERROR: VMDK: cannot go backwards for partitioning information in '/home/user/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk'
Error code VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER at /home/vbox/vbox-1.6.0/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/VmdkHDDCore.cpp(2518) in function int vmdkCreateRawImage(VMDKIMAGE*, VBOXHDDRAW*, uint64_t)
Error while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER
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Bug ticket opened = http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1777
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Have you tried to put the -mbr parameter before the -partition option? It might be that that is it's problem. It's possible that the command starts reading at a certain sector and is not able to go back to the beginning when creating a raw VMDK file for the mbr. Usually, the MBR is created first too.
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No, I've looked that the code. I've just had a dialogue with Klaus on a related ticket (#688). The F/E routine VBoxManageInternal.cpp CmdCreateRawVMDK at line 951 calls a function partRead (lines 484-648) to build and to validate the partition list that is used later to create the VBOXHDDRAW structure. At line 1093 it then calls VDCreateBase to create the VMDK passing the VBOXHDDRAWstructure (overloaded as a char *pszComment, yukkk!). This routine in VBox-HDDnew.cpp is basically just a wrapper call the pfnCreate method in VmdkHDDCore.cpp at line 3570. This then calls vmdkCreateImage which in the case of a RAW disk then calls vmdkCreateRawImage (Lines 2456-2689) to do the work.
This contains extra sequencing logic to check partitions again. You actually barf at an ascending sequence check at line 2517. By my reading this should be redundant as it is largely the same as the partRead validation. Clearly it can't be as this one fails. You really need the debugger to work this one out.
One check you could to eliminate one factor is to try a (that is without the MBR) just to see if this fails and also a then we know that the error is purely sequencing the MBR and EBRs.
I really don't know why VBox overlays this disk management function into the whole F/E to B/E architecture. It would just be a lot simpler to create some simple cut-down standalone utilities to manage the image files. This is just simple file manipulation. Heck, you could do this job in a few hundred lines of perl/python, or a 1,000 lines of C++. Why bother to complicate things?
Who wants "production" code that is called by "internalcommands" with all sorts of health warnings anyway!
This contains extra sequencing logic to check partitions again. You actually barf at an ascending sequence check at line 2517. By my reading this should be redundant as it is largely the same as the partRead validation. Clearly it can't be as this one fails. You really need the debugger to work this one out.
One check you could to eliminate one factor is to try a
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VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1
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VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda
I really don't know why VBox overlays this disk management function into the whole F/E to B/E architecture. It would just be a lot simpler to create some simple cut-down standalone utilities to manage the image files. This is just simple file manipulation. Heck, you could do this job in a few hundred lines of perl/python, or a 1,000 lines of C++. Why bother to complicate things?
Who wants "production" code that is called by "internalcommands" with all sorts of health warnings anyway!
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What this tells us is that (1) the MBR flag has nothing to be with the error and (2) the error path is excited by processing a partition list but not a whole disk. Can I suggest that you feed this data into the ticket.
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Conclusions added to the bug ticket http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1777.
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Re: createrawvmdk does not work
Hello:
I have a different problem:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda1
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
WARNING: The compilation of the vboxdrv.ko kernel module failed during the
installation for some reason. Starting a VM will not be possible.
Please consult the User Manual for build instructions.
Sun VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.6
(C) 2005-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Error while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS
The raw disk vmdk file was not created
Obviously, executing sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup I can't do anything
Which could be my error (I am new in Suse)
Thanks
I have a different problem:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda1
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
WARNING: The compilation of the vboxdrv.ko kernel module failed during the
installation for some reason. Starting a VM will not be possible.
Please consult the User Manual for build instructions.
Sun VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.6
(C) 2005-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Error while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS
The raw disk vmdk file was not created
Obviously, executing sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup I can't do anything
Which could be my error (I am new in Suse)
Thanks