(the partitioning information in the MBR file is ignored). Parameter -mbr can be used to specify an alternative MBR to be used If access to individual partitions is granted, then the The parameter -partitions is not specified) or some partitions of a Usage: VBoxManage internalcommands Ĭreates a new VMDK image which gives access to an entite host disk (if I did try using "-partition" and got this usage message: Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view sh-3.2# vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /Users/Jim/Library/VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0 -partition 3 One thing that is kind of annoying is that there is no description of the "internalcommands" request in the user manual, there is also no Unix style manpage for vxboxmanage and the usage message does not list the internalcommands request either. I also tried unmounting the Win XP partition too. Sh-3.2# vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /Users/Jim/Library/VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0 -partitions 3 I also tried setting write access on the devnode for everyone, but this did not help either: Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view sh-3.2# chmod 766 disk0s3īrwxrw-rw- 1 root operator 14, 3 Sep 5 17:03 disk0s3 Sh-3.2# vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /Users/Jim/Library/VirtualBox/WinXP.vmdk \Įrror while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_DEV_IO_ERRORīrw-r- 1 root operator 14, 0 Sep 5 17:03 disk0īrw-r- 1 root operator 14, 1 Sep 5 17:03 disk0s1īrw-r- 1 root operator 14, 2 Sep 5 17:03 disk0s2īrw-r- 1 root operator 14, 3 Sep 5 17:03 disk0s3 VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.0.0
I am having the same problem, except I am trying to use a FAT32 FS on a 30 GB partition: Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view sh-3.2# vboxmanage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/disk0