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VirtualBox and raw host disk access
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attach-vmdk.sh
virtualbox@host:~$ VBoxManage storageattach machine1 –storagectl “SATA Controller” –port 0 –type hdd –medium /home/virtualbox/virtualmachines/machine1/machine1-sda.vmdk
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create-vmdk.sh
virtualbox@host:~$ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/virtualbox/virtualmachines/machine1/machine1-sda.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 3,4 -relative
RAW host disk access VMDK file /home/virtualbox/virtualmachines/machine1/machine1-sda.vmdk created successfully.
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disk-group-access.sh
root@host:~# usermod –groups disk -a virtualbox
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raw-devices.sh
root@host:~# ls -l /dev/sda*
brw-rw—- 1 root disk 8, 0 Aug 20 15:11 /dev/sda
brw-rw—- 1 root disk 8, 1 Aug 10 17:37 /dev/sda1
brw-rw—- 1 root disk 8, 2 Aug 10 17:37 /dev/sda2
brw-rw—- 1 root disk 8, 3 Aug 21 09:43 /dev/sda3
brw-rw—- 1 root disk 8, 4 Aug 21 09:43 /dev/sda4
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showvminfo.sh
virtualbox@host:~$ VBoxManage showvminfo machine1
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SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/virtualbox/virtualmachines/machine1/machine1-sda.vmdk (UUID: afc0a…)
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