Please use 'dmesg' to find out why. There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run /sbin/vboxconfig as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can ...
You can boot from an ISO image (which would be the equivalent of a CD/DVD drive), or you can boot from a virtual hard disk. But what if you actually have an operating system on a USB drive, and you wanted to use that as your start media?
Enabling VirtualBox USB passthrough functionality lets users in a VBox guest VM easily transfer data to USB peripherals. We are going to show you how to enable the USB in VirtualBox feature so you can use local USB devices in a VM with the same functionality of a direct connection. We’ll...
Section 9.6 in the VirtualBox manual contains all the details required to attach a physical disk to a virtual machine.Using the vboxmanage.exe tool you can create a tiny vmdk file which points to your real USB drive (Physical Drive/Disk).You can attach this tiny vmdk to your virtual machin...
Step 1: Create a virtual machine disk file (VMDK) First, you need to identify the disk name of the USB drive, and to do so, you have tolist the drives of your system. For that purpose, I'm going to use the lsblk command:
Configure Windows7.vdi virtual disk file as Solid-State Drive (SSD) disk type. Step 16 In your virtual computer, make sure that the 3.0 (xHCI) controller is enabled in the USB appliance settings so that you can transfer files faster using a USB 3.x supported storage or flash memory. ...
"</path/to/file>.vmdk" -rawdisk /dev/disk# For Linux: VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "</path/to/file>.vmdk" -rawdisk /dev/sda The VMDK that is created is a small file that acts as a pointer to the physical hard drive. To use the disk, you just attach the ...
Storage-Add Hard Disk Select the vmdk file that you had created. Make sure that usb.vmdk is your Primary Master. System-Boot Order.Set your Hard Disk as the first boot device. Now start your Virtual Machine. Your virtual machine will boot from your bootable physical USB Drive. ...
5.7.2. Linux Host CD/DVD or Floppy Disk Drive Not Found If you have configured a virtual machine to use the host's CD or DVD drive or floppy disk drive, but this does not appear to work, make sure that the current user has permission to access the corresponding Linux device file. Fo...
Method 2: Enlarge VirtualBox Disk You can use the VBoxManage command in the command prompt window to enlarge a virtual disk in VirtualBox. Note that before proceeding, any snapshots associated with the VM are deleted, as they can cause hindrance in the process. Then, follow the steps given ...