Yup, that was my problem. It won't use a raw file. It will only work on partitions or hard disks. Which, IMHO, is just stupid.
> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#rawdisk > > Eric C > >> On Oct 25, 2021, at 5:23 PM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: >> >> Does virtualbox allow images in raw format? I recall having issues >> with it >> on my company mac. >> >> I find VirtualBox too limited, if you are on a Windows box, try HyperV, >> if >> you are on Mac, use VMware's Mac product (not sure I know what its >> called >> these days.) >> >> If you run Linux, KVM/QEMU is the way to go. >> >> >>> I recently purchased a 500GB NVMe memory stick and put it into an >>> enclosure >>> with a USB-C interface. The idea was to format half NTFS (for Windows) >>> and >>> the other half EXT4 (or similar) so that I could create two VMs out of >>> my >>> old physical Windoze machine and my old Ubuntu workstation. Assuming >>> that >>> is possible, the idea is that I'd be able to plug the thing into my >>> MacBook >>> (having VirtualBox), and be able to use my Linux and Windows machines >>> (as >>> VMs in VirtualBox). >>> >>> Is this possible? Any suggestions? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Greg >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.blu.org >>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
