Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:22:07 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Edho P Arief <edhoprima@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vbox error trying to create a raw disk file Message-ID: <4CDB8B8F.3060008@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikMJXm5FkmLQ94sMRcW7Sr1kadHOiWRaqRtY7SG@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CDB8498.4020203@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTikMJXm5FkmLQ94sMRcW7Sr1kadHOiWRaqRtY7SG@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/10/2010 21:56, Edho P Arief wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Doug Barton<dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> I was following the instructions here: >> >> http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk >> >> And I got the following error: >> >> VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename WindowsXP.vmdk -rawdisk >> /dev/ad0 -partitions 1,5 >> Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.10_OSE >> (C) 2005-2010 Oracle Corporation >> All rights reserved. >> >> ERROR: VMDK: could not open raw partition file '/dev/ad0' >> Error code VERR_ACCESS_DENIED at >> /home/tmp/home/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose/work/VirtualBox-3.2.10_OSE/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/VmdkHDDCore.cpp(3661) >> in function int vmdkCreateRawImage(VMDKIMAGE*, VBOXHDDRAW*, uint64_t) >> Error while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_ACCESS_DENIED >> The raw disk vmdk file was not created >> > > check ownership of /dev/ad0 or run virtualbox as root I did run the command as root. Sorry, I forgot to specify that. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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