VirtualBox 6.1?

donkey1 · 16 Aug 2021

Hallo. Ich bin ein Neuling was die Virtualisierung angeht. Ich nutze Windows 10, gelegentlich aber auch Ubuntu. Beide Betriebssysteme sind auf separaten SSDs installiert. Ich brauche beim Rechnerstart lediglich die F12 Taste zu drücken und kann von der gewünschten SSD starten. Ist es möglich auf Windows 10 mit VirtualBox 6.1 im Fenster das Ubuntu Betriebssystem zu starten? Ist das die richtige Software für mich? Ich möchte keine virtuellen Festplatten, sondern die echte SSD nutzen. Wie richte ich so etwas ein? Gruß.

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Hello. I'm a newbie when it comes to virtualization. I use Windows 10, but occasionally Ubuntu as well. Both operating systems are installed on separate SSDs. I only need to press the F12 key when starting the computer and can start from the desired SSD. Is it possible to start the Ubuntu operating system on Windows 10 with VirtualBox 6.1 in the window? Is this the right software for me? I don't want to use virtual hard drives, but the real SSD. How do I set something like this up? Greeting.

cereberus · 16 Aug 2021

It is not clear what you are ssking. Virtualbox is for running virtual machines.

zare you just trying to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu, slecting which you want using the Grub2 bootloader.

Hopachi · 18 Aug 2021

There are multiple solutions to the end goal, it all depends on preference and choice.
It can be done in multiple virtualization programs and by different ways; physical disk (like you asked) or simply by cloning/imaging the physical disk to a virtual disk file.

In VirtualBox when it comes to using physical disk in VM, you will need a tweak:
Using a Physical Hard Drive with a VirtualBox VM | ServerWatch

You could do it easier in Hyper-V. There you can add a SSD with a single mouse click, after the drive has been set offline on the host disk management.
How to configure a pass-through disk with Hyper-V

VMWare can also do it:
VMware Knowledge Base

To be on the safe side, you could also clone the whole Ubuntu drive to a virtual disk, VDI or VHD or VMDK, any supported format will do. Then you boot the virtual disk in the VM. This requires extra space and an additional drive to move it to during the cloning but the advantage is that you leave the original drive intact (backup) while you boot up from the clone.

For example with Disk2Vhd, from Windows, you can create a VHD directly:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/disk2vhd
I'm not sure it will work with Linux partition inside (didn't tested it yet) but I'm guessing a pure cloning tool would.

But you can also clone the disk directly from another live Linux for instance:
How to create VHD disk image from a Linux live system? - Super User

Bonus tip:
On Windows if you have Macrium Reflect or any other good imaging/backup tool, you could create an image of the whole disk and restore it to a virtual disk. I've done this before and works.
Restore to VHD - KnowledgeBase - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase
Macrium Reflect doesn't read what's inside the Linux partitions but it can clone/image them entirely.