Error when trying to mount an image file. (winxp) [SOLVED]

[lukaz]

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The problem was that the image I created didn't have read/write permissions for the current user. xD 

Hi, reading in some forums they said that I could mount directly an existing partition containing windows XP by doing this

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VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk  -rawdisk /dev/sda

ok, that went well the link to the partition worked fine, now when I try to mount the "linked image file" I got this message:



I have set all permissions to the partition containing windows xp with chmod, and I really don't know what is wrong.

Any comment or suggestion will be of great help.. thanks.


*edit I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 as host.

[vkov_tinsky]

I have set all permissions to the partition containing windows xp with chmod"

Assuming you have set permissions for /dev/sda (which you of course have to do after each boot) the only other thing that can cause this error message (as far as I know) is is if VirtualBox does not have permission to read/write the vmdk files. (Since you most likely created these as root.)

However: Giving your Virtual Machine access to your whole (first?) hard disk is very dangerous. I suggest you only allow access to the required partitions. Have a look at the section entitled "VMDK creation and usage" in this article. If you want to boot an existing Windows installation in VirtualBox you'll want to create a second hardware profile in the very least. Have a look at HOWTO: manage VDIs and import native installations.

Regards,
VT