Yeah that’s interesting. I’ve not needed the functionality yet but good to know.
I found Richard’s comments quiet valuable as well. Learn something everyday, hopefully. Eric C > On Oct 25, 2021, at 8:40 PM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > > 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
