Opened 6 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#17216 new defect
Should be able to add USB filesystem dump
| Reported by: | Jonny | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 5.0.40 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
dd if=/dev/sdb of=myusb.bin bs=512
There seems to be no way to attach this. only VMDK, VDI etc are supported. Surely this is a really common use case?
if I force to add it, I get an error popup. There is a bug in the error popup, the [X] does not work. Can that be fixed too?
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Change History (3)
by , 6 years ago
| Attachment: | vbox_errScreenshot from 2017-10-27 10-29-00.png added |
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by , 6 years ago
| Attachment: | oracle__Screenshot from 2017-10-27 10-26-51.png added |
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comment:1 by , 6 years ago
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Replying to Jonny:
You are trying to dump your whole "
sdb" device which I assume is a USB device. Then in the screenshot I see a "myusb.iso", not a "myusb.bin". Even then, assuming that you renamed the.binto.isowhy do you think that a dump of a device would create an ISO? That's not how it works I'm afraid...Not really. Have you checked Ch. 8.28 VBoxManage convertfromraw from the User Manual? That's the appropriate way of doing what you want to do.
May I also suggest something? Generally speaking, it's better and faster, if issues like this one (configuration, question) get first addressed in the VirtualBox forums. More than 95% of the issues are resolved over there, which keeps the developers focusing on the bug fixes and enhancements, and there is no need for another ticket to keep track of. For example, yours is most probably not a bug and someone from the developers has to deal with it and close it as "Invalid".