http://www.thelinuxwiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=virtualbox_-_booting_from_physical_drive 2026-06-13T21:05:34Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.21.5 http://www.thelinuxwiki.com/index.php?title=virtualbox_-_booting_from_physical_drive&diff=1289&oldid=prev 2019-07-06T14:38:01Z

<p>Created page with &quot;virtualbox version = 6.x &#039;&#039;&#039;create vmdk file pointing to device&#039;&#039;&#039; these instructions were for winblows. to be tested later in linux. tested and worked in windows. VBoxMan...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>virtualbox version = 6.x<br /> <br /> '''create vmdk file pointing to device'''<br /> <br /> these instructions were for winblows. to be tested later in linux. tested and worked in windows.<br /> VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\usb.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive#<br /> <br /> '''create a new virtual machine'''<br /> <br /> in the new VM creation wizard hard drive section, select '''use an existing virtual hard drive file''' and select the vmdk file from above<br /> <br /> then, boot the new VM. in windows it was required to start the vitualbox console with the &quot;run as administrator&quot; option.<br /> <br /> [[category:virtualbox]]</div>

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