Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 17:49:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: contributing to open source Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605291743250.68314@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20160529232423.GK80759@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAN9z%2BMqbhXy7zDR%2BT2svxUGgStuEkFbaL-yJcyiFbWo86V3U5g@mail.gmail.com> <CAN9z%2BMrH=hNzZ=rbiGfFWcbPH=8GE67t9Tj%2B9=wOc8D6wVzZ9Q@mail.gmail.com> <53164a51-5389-7ca5-b40f-d58902fffe87@freebsd.org> <20160529191614.GC80759@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605291719030.68314@wonkity.com> <20160529232423.GK80759@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 29 May 2016, Glen Barber wrote: >>> VirtualBox should recognize the VHD format just fine. >>> >>> The only formats I am aware do not work with VirtualBox are the '.raw' >>> and '.qcow2' (and I think the '.qcow2' do work somewhat recently). Just >>> a "FWIW" statement. >>> >>> I actually haven't checked if the raw format works in a while, so it is >>> possible it may work now. >> >> Raw images can be converted to other formats with VBoxManage. The >> parameters are not the most obvious: >> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp46691721399456 >> > > Ah, right. Thanks for that, I had forgotten about it since Marcel's > mkimg(1) tool supported various output formats. For completeness: It is possible to use VBoxManage to attach a physical drive directly to a VM. I forget the details on doing it, but it can be done. It is also possible to set up a raw image file as a virtual drive with iSCSI. I've been meaning to write that up, but... have not. It involves VBoxManage storageattach and --medium iscsi.
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