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Boot physical win disk from linux
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boot-physical-win-disk-from-linux.sh
# find e.g. Windows 8 (on /dev/sda2)
fgrep menuentry /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# MAKE SURE NOT TO BOOT FROM THE OS YOU ARE ALREADY IN!!
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
# modify it, like
# GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_DEFAULT="Windows 8 (on /dev/sda2)"
# then create an image for your disk
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename raw-win.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -relative
# add it to virtual box
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