virtualbox.org

I'm trying to have a physical disk/partition to be used for my Windows 7 host.

eve-2:Windows 7 cwasylewski$ sudo vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /Users/cwasylewski/VirtualBox\ VMs/Windows\ 7/link.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0s3
RAW host disk access VMDK file /Users/cwasylewski/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/link.vmdk created successfully.
eve-2:Windows 7 cwasylewski$

When I try to add the disk to my guest, I get the following:

Code: Select all

Failed to open the hard disk /Users/cwasylewski/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/link.vmdk.
Permission problem accessing the file for the medium '/Users/cwasylewski/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/link.vmdk' (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).
Result Code:
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component:
Medium
Interface:
IMedium {29989373-b111-4654-8493-2e1176cba890}
Callee:
IVirtualBox {3b2f08eb-b810-4715-bee0-bb06b9880ad2}
Callee RC:
VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

link.vmdk does have file perms of 777 and I already chown the file to cwasylewski.

Code: Select all

eve-2:Windows 7 cwasylewski$ ls -l
total 40
-rw-------  1 cwasylewski  staff  6675 Oct  6 11:28 Windows 7.vbox
-rw-------  1 cwasylewski  staff  6656 Oct  6 11:21 Windows 7.vbox-prev
-rwxrwxrwx  1 cwasylewski  staff   541 Oct  6 12:42 link.vmdk

vboxmanage list systemproperties:

Code: Select all

eve-2:Volumes cwasylewski$ VBoxManage list systemproperties
API version:                     4_2
Minimum guest RAM size:          4 Megabytes
Maximum guest RAM size:          2097152 Megabytes
Minimum video RAM size:          1 Megabytes
Maximum video RAM size:          256 Megabytes
Minimum guest CPU count:         1
Maximum guest CPU count:         32
Virtual disk limit (info):       2199022206976 Bytes
Maximum Serial Port count:       2
Maximum Parallel Port count:     2
Maximum Boot Position:           4
Maximum PIIX3 Network Adapter count:   8
Maximum ICH9 Network Adapter count:   36
Maximum PIIX3 IDE Controllers:   1
Maximum ICH9 IDE Controllers:    1
Maximum IDE Port count:          2
Maximum Devices per IDE Port:    2
Maximum PIIX3 SATA Controllers:  1
Maximum ICH9 SATA Controllers:   8
Maximum SATA Port count:         30
Maximum Devices per SATA Port:   1
Maximum PIIX3 SCSI Controllers:  1
Maximum ICH9 SCSI Controllers:   8
Maximum SCSI Port count:         16
Maximum Devices per SCSI Port:   1
Maximum SAS PIIX3 Controllers:   1
Maximum SAS ICH9 Controllers:    8
Maximum SAS Port count:          8
Maximum Devices per SAS Port:    1
Maximum PIIX3 Floppy Controllers:1
Maximum ICH9 Floppy Controllers: 1
Maximum Floppy Port count:       1
Maximum Devices per Floppy Port: 2
Default machine folder:          /Users/cwasylewski/VirtualBox VMs
VRDE auth library:               VRDPAuth
Webservice auth. library:        VRDPAuth
Remote desktop ExtPack:          
Log history count:               3
Autostart database path:         
Default Guest Additions ISO:     /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
eve-2:Volumes cwasylewski$

I have even created the raw using "/dev/disk0 -partitions 3" instead of "/dev/disk0s3" and tried adding the vmdk file while the drive is mounted or no and I still get the error message above. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

What about the permissions on the device itself, instead of the vmdk?

At the best of my knowledge, yes.

Edit: I realized that MacOS doesn't necessarily like writing to NTFS without the proper jumps made. I followed this article to get /Volumes/Windows7 to mount as my user instead of as root as I thought that was another problem after I got Mac to r/w to the NTFS drive. Once I finally got that to mount correctly, I am still getting the same error above! I verified that I can modify the contents on the NTFS partition with no problem. This has been really throwing me into a loop and anger

Has anyone successfully done this on a Mac OS host?

Edit: Ignore the above. So I just closed the Disk Utility window and tried it one last time and it accepted it. Now I'm running into "A disk error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del". I can still boot into this partition with no problems.

You might want to check out "How to Use a MacOS Bootcamp Partition as a VirtualBox Guest" under Howtos and Tutorials-> Other Hosts. What you are trying to do is a variation of setting up a Bootcamp partition on the MacOS disk, but you will need some of the same mechanisms.

Oh, thanks. Do I need to undo anything I've done so far before I continue?

virtualbox.org

VERR_ACCESS_DENIED

VERR_ACCESS_DENIED

Re: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED

Re: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED

Re: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED

Re: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED