Hi all.
Recursively I came back with this question.
Right now I just have installed the last Windows version of VBox.
I have a multi-boot notebook with: WinVista, Fedora Core 10 and Ubuntu. All of them installed into diferents partitions and I have a Ubuntu Grub as a boot manager.
For now I want to run my installed FC10 into a virtualbox window (machine) over my Windows Vista.
It is possible ? How ?
TIA:
MN
[SOLVED]VirtualBox on dual boot notebook - how ?
[SOLVED]VirtualBox on dual boot notebook - how ?
Last edited by mnobre on 27. Jan 2009, 20:39, edited 1 time in total.
[SOLVED]VirtualBox on dual boot notebook - how ?
Hi all.
Reading VB Users Manual I found what I need and in this time I do the right things.
At chapter 9 I found how to do a Raw Hard Disk Acces method used to implement VMDK image format. So this was the way I found to do a VM runs my Linuxes onto my Windows Vista Hosts.
The tip is:
to list harddisk partitions
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VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0
to make an especial image to suport a Raw partition
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VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename c:\Users\MyProfileDir\.VirtualBox\Machines\FC10\linuxes.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 -partitions 4,3
where:
- linuxes.vmdk is a file name created by me;
- partitions 4,3 are: 4-grub located partition + Ubuntu one, and 3-my Fedora Core 10 partition;
After this commands a create a VM with graphical interface of VB and designated the linuxes.vmdk file as its hard disk.
It runs Ubuntu very very well.
Thanks to all.
MN
Reading VB Users Manual I found what I need and in this time I do the right things.
At chapter 9 I found how to do a Raw Hard Disk Acces method used to implement VMDK image format. So this was the way I found to do a VM runs my Linuxes onto my Windows Vista Hosts.
The tip is:
to list harddisk partitions
-------------------------
VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0
to make an especial image to suport a Raw partition
-----------------------------------------------------
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename c:\Users\MyProfileDir\.VirtualBox\Machines\FC10\linuxes.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 -partitions 4,3
where:
- linuxes.vmdk is a file name created by me;
- partitions 4,3 are: 4-grub located partition + Ubuntu one, and 3-my Fedora Core 10 partition;
After this commands a create a VM with graphical interface of VB and designated the linuxes.vmdk file as its hard disk.
It runs Ubuntu very very well.
Thanks to all.
MN