id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
688	Failure to create parition based VMDK file	Paul de Vrieze		"When I try to create a vmdk file for my windows partition (on linux) I get the following output:
{{{
 $ vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/me/.VirtualBox/VDI/sda2 \
-rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 2 -mbr /boot/backup_mbr -register
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.5.0
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All rights reserved.

Overlapping partition description areas. Aborting
Error reading the partition information from '/dev/sda'
}}}

Creating a full-disk image does work. (without the mbr stuff)"	defect	closed	virtual disk	VirtualBox 3.1.6	fixed			other	other