Running an external USB OS virtually

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Mojaximus
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Running an external USB OS virtually

Post by Mojaximus »

Hello,

I have a bootable external USB drive with Mac OS installed. I'd like to access that OS as if it were a virtual machine while running the host operating system. Is it possible to do this with Virtualbox?

Thanks,

Maxim
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Re: Running an external USB OS virtually

Post by loukingjr »

If your host is a Mac, maybe, although not likely. If it's not, nope. If your host is a Mac, and the external drive is bootable, you can just boot from it, assuming it's a version of OSX that will run on your hardware.
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