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VirtualBox

HowTos

Use a RAW image without convert it to VMDK

  1. Associate the disk image with a loop device.
    $ losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/usb.img
  2. Create a virtual disk and register it with VirtualBox.
    $ VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /path/to/usb.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/loop0

Please pay attention to permissions of loop device, it must be accessible by VirtualBox.

Install extension pack via shell (to avoid authentication problems)

# VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-*.vbox-extpack