mount ssd as ssd not vbox hdd

[Woodpeckery]

Hi! I have a specific problem - I need to mount a physical SSD in VirtualBox so that it also sees it as a real SSD and not a VBOX Harddrive. Is it possible?
The reason why it is needed is specific software, the license of which is tied to ssd/hdd identifiers/serial numbers, etc. and when virtualizing, the license is lost (very expensive pleasure to buy a new one).

If VirtualBox can't do it, maybe someone knows how to do it by other means?
Thanks in advance!

[klaus]

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#changevpd - you need to be careful with those, because a typo (or a VM reconfig) can result in VM start failures. Then you have to remove the extradata tweaks again and apply them with proper port number etc.

Reminder: Removing extradata works by

VBoxManage setextradata "vmname" key

and you can get a list of all extradata with

VBoxManage getextradata "vmname" enumerare

[Woodpeckery]

Thank you very much! That worked like a charm