Opened 13 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#9881 closed defect (obsolete)
VBoxManage convertfromraw diskboot.img does not work as expected
| Reported by: | tru | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.6 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description (last modified by )
VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.4_74291_rhel5-1.x86_64
diskboot.img is the CentOS 4 i386 usb diskboot image from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/images/diskboot.img
VBoxManage convertfromraw diskboot.img a.vdi does not produce a bootable disk
reproduce with: 1) VBoxManage createvm --name testing --ostype RedHat --register 2) VBoxManage modifyvm testing --memory 1024 --nictype1 82540EM --boot1 disk --boot2 none --boot3 none --boot4 none 3) VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI diskboot.img a.vdi 4) VBoxManage storagectl testing --name 'IDE Controller' --add ide --controller PIIX4 5) VBoxManage storageattach testing --storagectl 'IDE Controller' --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium a.vdi 6) VBoxManage startvm testing
workaround: a) lvcreate --name testing --size 13M volumegroup b) dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/volumegroup/testing c) VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename b.vdi -rawdisk /dev/volumegroup/testing d) VBoxManage clonehd b.vdi c.vdi
replace a.vdi by either b.vdi or c.vdi and the machine boots
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 13 years ago
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → obsolete |
| Status: | new → closed |
Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.
reformatting VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.4_74291_rhel5-1.x86_64
diskboot.img is the CentOS 4 i386 usb diskboot image from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/images/diskboot.img
VBoxManage convertfromraw diskboot.img a.vdi does not produce a bootable disk