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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Quote Originally Posted by eZtaR View Post
    I get the following error

    Code:
    eztar@eztar-laptop:~$ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.VirtualBox/WindowsXP.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda1 -partitions 2 -mbr ~/.VirtualBox/WindowsXP.mbr -relative -register
    VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.2
    (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    All rights reserved.
    
    ERROR: VMDK: cannot go backwards for partition data in '/home/eztar/.VirtualBox/WindowsXP.vmdk'
    Error code VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER at /home/vbox/vbox-1.6.2/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/VmdkHDDCore.cpp(2527) in function int vmdkCreateRawImage(VMDKIMAGE*, VBOXHDDRAW*, uint64_t)
    Error while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER
    eZtaR, you received the error message because you typed in /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/sda which basically means you asked for the second partition in the first partition of your Hard drive! To change which partition you use, do it in the "-partitions" option.
    Focus on how it can be rather than how it could've been.

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Quote Originally Posted by Sand Lee View Post
    eZtaR, you received the error message because you typed in /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/sda which basically means you asked for the second partition in the first partition of your Hard drive! To change which partition you use, do it in the "-partitions" option.
    Okay I'll try that Thanks

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    I get to step 2 and this is what happens:

    Code:
    VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.5.6_OSE
    (C) 2005-2008 innotek GmbH
    All rights reserved.
    
    Usage: VBoxManage internalcommands <command> [command arguments]
    
    Commands:
    
      loadsyms <vmname>|<uuid> <symfile> [delta] [module] [module address]
          This will instruct DBGF to load the given symbolfile
          during initialization.
    
      unloadsyms <vmname>|<uuid> <symfile>
          Removes <symfile> from the list of symbol files that
          should be loaded during DBF initialization.
    
      setvdiuuid <filepath>
           Assigns a new UUID to the given VDI file. This way, multiple copies
           of VDI containers can be registered.
    
    WARNING: This is a development tool and shall only be used to analyse
             problems. It is completely unsupported and will change in
             incompatible ways without warning.
    
    Syntax error: Invalid command 'createrawvmdk'

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    From step two,

    For reasons unknown, this can only be made in the closed-source Virtualbox and not the open source version [See part 9.9 of user manual].
    Focus on how it can be rather than how it could've been.

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    I thought I had the closed source version...
    I'll double check.

    edit:
    No, I have OSE.
    But I can't find the Closed Source version anywhere
    Last edited by Mecharuva; June 18th, 2008 at 05:41 PM.

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Check in step 2 of the tutorial, I've linked to the webpage.
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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Well, that's what I had... so I uninstalled it.
    And then I installed the new package (NOT ose)
    Aaaand... it says it's there but it's not.
    Wtf

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Quote Originally Posted by Mecharuva View Post
    it says it's there but it's not.
    I'm guessing you downloaded the Ubuntu binary from the sun download portal?.. what exactly do you mean by "it?"
    Focus on how it can be rather than how it could've been.

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Quote Originally Posted by Sand Lee View Post
    I'm guessing you downloaded the Ubuntu binary from the sun download portal?.. what exactly do you mean by "it?"
    Ah my bad, I should've explained in more detail.
    No matter which version of VirtualBox I get, or even how I get it,
    I click the program link in the Applications menu,
    And it never starts.

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    Re: Boot an existing XP (Physical HD) install with VirtualBox

    Quote Originally Posted by Mecharuva View Post
    Ah my bad, I should've explained in more detail.
    No matter which version of VirtualBox I get, or even how I get it,
    I click the program link in the Applications menu,
    And it never starts.
    Try running "VirtualBox" (or "virtualbox") in a terminal, without the quotes, and please post the output here.
    Focus on how it can be rather than how it could've been.

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