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glad to see that even if the UI isnt there, the functionality is all there.

I've done the same thing in vmware server on windows before, so i knew there shouldnt be any serious technical limitations. Then add the drive to the hard drive list and off you go! RAW host disk access VMDK file MobilityGentoo/ created successfully. VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.2 (01/07 02:32) /Users/Shared/Virtual Machines $ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename MobilityGentoo/ -rawdisk /dev/disk3 connected the laptop HDD with an IDE 2 USB cable and did this: it makes more sense to install gentoo for an old ass laptop in a virtual machine than to wait around (for like forever on this p2-400 laptop). Select the virtual machine, click Start, Virtual Machine USB Boot will automatically lock the hard disk of your choice and boot it. Then start the machine, boot from the bootable CD. After creating a new virtual machine, select the USB section of that device’s settings and add a new USB device which would be the USB HDD.

This CD can be used to boot a USB HDD in VirtualBox. Set the remaining items and click OK to finish. This CD boots up and loads the USB driver then continues the boot process from any USB device.

vmdk file name and select Remove Attachment. Host:Windows 7 Ult 圆4 Guest:Windows 7 Ult 圆4 & Windows 10 Pro 圆4. Selecting the USB stick (mounted before booting optical disk) allows the USB to be booted. The optical disk is then booted and Plop offers a list of devices to boot from. Not sure if this is gravedigging, but looks like i just successfully completed this on OS X. Open VirtualBox, select the virtual machine name and click the Settings button, from the Storage section, right-click on the. I created an ISO with the Plop boot manager and mounted it to the VM as an optical disk.