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How Do I Mount Physical Volume In Virtual Box?
Posted: 25. Sep 2009, 02:23
by RegisteredUser
I would like to mount a physically attached hard drive to VirtualBox.
I would imagine it is possible as long as VB has been in development, I just cannot find the feature to do so.
Please let me know how this is done, thanks!
Re: How Do I Mount Physical Volume In Virtual Box?
Posted: 25. Sep 2009, 02:37
by Perryg
Search this site on your favorite search engine with the following phrase.
Setup RAW site:forums.virtualbox.org
There are several instructions for doing this.
Re: How Do I Mount Physical Volume In Virtual Box?
Posted: 25. Sep 2009, 10:33
by RegisteredUser
Perryg wrote:Search this site on your favorite search engine with the following phrase.
Setup RAW site:forums.virtualbox.org
There are several instructions for doing this.
thank you but i have no idea how to do that..
nevermind, I just did it and it lead back to my own question.
nice joke
Re: How Do I Mount Physical Volume In Virtual Box?
Posted: 25. Sep 2009, 14:35
by Perryg
It was no joke. But since you don't know how then just click this link
http://www.google.com/search?q=Setup+RA ... ualbox.org
There are over 200 entries explaining this, but you need to find the one that fits your needs.
But I must warn you that doing this is for experienced people. If you mess it up you will kill the OS on your computer and force a reload.
Re: How Do I Mount Physical Volume In Virtual Box?
Posted: 25. Sep 2009, 15:43
by mpack
Perryg wrote:But I must warn you that doing this is for experienced people. If you mess it up you will kill the OS on your computer and force a reload.
Rather less dangerous, but not suitable for all scenarios, is to make a virtual clone of your physical partition. This can then be mounted in your VM in complete safety. Difficulty rating depends on what type of partition it is, and what you intend to do with it (e.g. a physical to virtual migration of a bootable volume can be tricky).