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--- notes:vbox [2025/01/21 07:50] – [Disk Image] azman
+++ notes:vbox [2025/01/21 07:55] (current) – [Dumping Ground] azman
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 ====== VirtualBox Stuff ======
-===== Disk Image =====
+===== Disk Image Management =====
-**Convert Image to Disk**
+**Create Disk Image**
-<code>VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI <file.img> <file.vdi></code>
+<code bash>
+$ VBoxManage createmedium disk --filename <file.vdi> --size <megabytes>
-**Compact Disk Image**
+$ VBoxManage createmedium disk --filename=/path/to/rawdisk.vmdk \
+  --variant=RawDisk --format=VMDK --property RawDrive=/dev/sda
+</code>
-<code>VBoxManage modifymedium --compact <file.vdi></code>
+**Convert Image to Disk**
-**Create Disk Image**
+<code bash>$ VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI <file.img> <file.vdi></code>
-<code>
+**Compact Disk Image**
-$ VBoxManage createmedium disk --filename <file.vdi> --size <megabytes>
-$ VBoxManage createmedium disk --filename=/path/to/rawdisk.vmdk --variant=RawDisk --format=VMDK --property RawDrive=/dev/sda
+<code bash>$ VBoxManage modifymedium --compact <file.vdi></code>
-</code>
 ===== Dumping Ground =====
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 That will start a text editor. Write exactly what we typed before to boot. Press <Ctrl+s> and <Enter> to save, and <Ctrl+q> to quit. Now, your bootloader should execute when the system starts.
+</file>
+VirtualBox Serial Port<file text vbox_serial_port.txt>
+We can actually use minicom to connect...
+$ minicom -D unix\#/tmp/xxx
+where /tmp/xxx is the host pipe 8-)
 </file>
 //more coming soon...//