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Loading in a vbox of usb

#1 Post by sancxjo »

Hello!
Did not find an appropriate topic...
Has anyone downloaded the guest machine with a stick?
http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/11/how-to- ... -boot.html
The file is created. Selects a disc.

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VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/usb.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sd
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#2 Post by mikeb »

/dev/sd

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#3 Post by sancxjo »

I do not come to mind. But the first section I fat32 (sdc1)
But I'll try
Thank
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#4 Post by mikeb »

If this helps this is the contents of a vdmk file I use for usb memory sticks

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# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=18769ad1
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="fullDevice"

# Extent description
RW 3940479 FLAT "/dev/sda"

# The disk Data Base 
#DDB

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"
ddb.adapterType="ide"
ddb.geometry.cylinders="3909"
ddb.geometry.heads="16"
ddb.geometry.sectors="63"
ddb.uuid.image="54ba4be1-d317-4ed2-94bb-df2361b39454"
ddb.uuid.parent="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
ddb.uuid.modification="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
ddb.uuid.parentmodification="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
ddb.geometry.biosCylinders="977"
ddb.geometry.biosHeads="64"
ddb.geometry.biosSectors="63"
notice the device entry....

mike

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