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		<title>Comment on Taming Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM Using Raw Disk Access by banavara</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/website/taming-windows-virtualbox-vm/comment-page-1#comment-393</link>
		<dc:creator>banavara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can&#039;t mount a partition in both the guest and host. But there is a workaround using shared folder. Mount the partition in host OS (oreferably) and use it as shared folder in guest OS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can&#8217;t mount a partition in both the guest and host. But there is a workaround using shared folder. Mount the partition in host OS (oreferably) and use it as shared folder in guest OS.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Taming Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM Using Raw Disk Access by Fixion</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/website/taming-windows-virtualbox-vm/comment-page-1#comment-388</link>
		<dc:creator>Fixion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can both your main OS and the virtual machine both access your data partition (partition 3) at the same time? If so how? This is exactly what I&#039;ve been looking for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can both your main OS and the virtual machine both access your data partition (partition 3) at the same time? If so how? This is exactly what I&#8217;ve been looking for.</p>
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		<title>Comment on obaclient by Rajat Arya</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/projects/obaclient/comment-page-1#comment-387</link>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Arya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for the long delay, I just migrated to code to github, so please grab it/fork it from there: https://github.com/rajatarya/obaclient.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for the long delay, I just migrated to code to github, so please grab it/fork it from there: https://github.com/rajatarya/obaclient.</p>
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		<title>Comment on obaclient by Rajat Arya</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/projects/obaclient/comment-page-1#comment-386</link>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Arya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for the incredibly long delay in responding Grant/Carter. I have finally migrated the current implementation to Github, please feel free to contribute to it/for it from here: https://github.com/rajatarya/obaclient.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for the incredibly long delay in responding Grant/Carter. I have finally migrated the current implementation to Github, please feel free to contribute to it/for it from here: https://github.com/rajatarya/obaclient.</p>
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		<title>Comment on obaclient by Rajat Arya</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/projects/obaclient/comment-page-1#comment-385</link>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Arya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for long delay in replying. I should have this posted to github within a few days. Just need to clean it up so my api_key isn&#039;t in the code and have that loaded from the config file/etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for long delay in replying. I should have this posted to github within a few days. Just need to clean it up so my api_key isn&#8217;t in the code and have that loaded from the config file/etc.</p>
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		<title>Comment on boxee Installed on Apple TV – the little box comes to life by Apple Tech Support</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/technical/boxee-installed-on-apple-tv-the-little-box-comes-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-384</link>
		<dc:creator>Apple Tech Support</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Apple TV Support Page helps with troubleshooting, tutorials, service, and information for new users. specifications for Apple TV, including size and weight, processor, storage, ports, TV compatibility, and more.
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		<title>Comment on Taming Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM Using Raw Disk Access by Carl Nobile</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/website/taming-windows-virtualbox-vm/comment-page-1#comment-381</link>
		<dc:creator>Carl Nobile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am getting errors when I run your 5th step. It says that -register is an invalid argument. I&#039;m using Ubuntu 11.10 and VB 4.1.4, so I&#039;m guessing the -register argument has been deprecated. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am getting errors when I run your 5th step. It says that -register is an invalid argument. I&#8217;m using Ubuntu 11.10 and VB 4.1.4, so I&#8217;m guessing the -register argument has been deprecated. </p>
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		<title>Comment on Taming Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM Using Raw Disk Access by Geekfault &#187; Lancer votre dual-booting Windows dans une VirtualBox</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/website/taming-windows-virtualbox-vm/comment-page-1#comment-380</link>
		<dc:creator>Geekfault &#187; Lancer votre dual-booting Windows dans une VirtualBox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Taming Windows 7 in a VM [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Taming Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM Using Raw Disk Access by N Milyaev</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/website/taming-windows-virtualbox-vm/comment-page-1#comment-379</link>
		<dc:creator>N Milyaev</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great Post, many thanks.
I did it all step-by-step and all went smooth up to the point 6.
When trying to create a new virtual machine in the VB it refuses to pick up the created win7.vmdk file with the following error/.

Any idea what I&#039;m doing wrong?


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Failed to open the hard disk /home/xxx/win7.vmdk.
The medium &#039;/home/xxx/win7.vmdk&#039; can&#039;t be used as the requested device type.Deatails show the following:
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Result Code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: 
Medium
Interface: 
IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}
Callee: 
IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great Post, many thanks.<br />
I did it all step-by-step and all went smooth up to the point 6.<br />
When trying to create a new virtual machine in the VB it refuses to pick up the created win7.vmdk file with the following error/.</p>
<p>Any idea what I&#8217;m doing wrong?</p>
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Failed to open the hard disk /home/xxx/win7.vmdk.<br />
The medium &#8216;/home/xxx/win7.vmdk&#8217; can&#8217;t be used as the requested device type.Deatails show the following:<br />
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<p>Result Code:<br />
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0&#215;80004005)<br />
Component:<br />
Medium<br />
Interface:<br />
IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}<br />
Callee:<br />
IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}</p>
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		<title>Comment on Taming Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM Using Raw Disk Access by Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.rajatarya.com/website/taming-windows-virtualbox-vm/comment-page-1#comment-378</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is a BAD BAD idea to add yourself to group disk.  Many bad things can happen and it would be a great vector for viruses.  Create a new user, add them to the group disk and then run the vm as that user.  Here is my script (based on another found on virtualbox) that automates this.  Just create the user virtualbox and use this script.

#! /bin/bash
# Windows 7 VM boot script for VirtualBox 4.x-- you&#039;ll have to always use it instead of running VirtualBox
VBUSER=virtualbox          # name of custom account created (which is a member of disk group)
VM_NAME=Win7           # name of virtual machine

wait_for_closing_machines() {
RUNNING_MACHINES=`sudo -u $VBUSER VBoxManage list runningvms &#124; wc -l`
if [ $RUNNING_MACHINES != 0 ]; then
sleep 5
wait_for_closing_machines
fi
}

sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/.VirtualBox    # make sure $VBUSER will be able to access VirtualBox settings etc.
                                                     # we use sudo because $VBUSER creates files with its ownership on previous runs
sudo chmod -R g=u /home/$USER/.VirtualBox                 # $VBOXUSER permissions should be the same as ours
sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME    # ditto for VirtualBox VMs directory.
sudo chmod -R g=u /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME

xauth extract /home/$USER/cookieTmp $DISPLAY

chmod g+r /home/$USER/cookieTmp
sudo chmod g+x /home/$USER/

sudo -u $VBUSER XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority_$VBUSER xauth merge /home/$USER/cookieTmp
rm /home/$USER/cookieTmp

sudo -u $VBUSER DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority_$VBUSER VBOX_USER_HOME=/home/$USER/.VirtualBox VBoxManage startvm $VM_NAME
#sudo -u $VBUSER DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority_$VBUSER VBOX_USER_HOME=/home/$USER/.VirtualBox virtualbox

echo &quot;Waiting for shutdown of $VM_NAME&quot;
wait_for_closing_machines
echo &quot;$VM_NAME shutdown. Resetting permissions.&quot;
sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/.VirtualBox    # make sure $VBUSER will be able to access VirtualBox settings etc.
                                                     # we use sudo because $VBUSER creates files with its ownership on previous runs
sudo chmod -R g-rw /home/$USER/.VirtualBox/*                 # $VBOXUSER permissions should be the same as ours
sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME    # ditto for VirtualBox VMs directory.
sudo chmod -R g-rw /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a BAD BAD idea to add yourself to group disk.  Many bad things can happen and it would be a great vector for viruses.  Create a new user, add them to the group disk and then run the vm as that user.  Here is my script (based on another found on virtualbox) that automates this.  Just create the user virtualbox and use this script.</p>
<p>#! /bin/bash<br />
# Windows 7 VM boot script for VirtualBox 4.x&#8211; you&#8217;ll have to always use it instead of running VirtualBox<br />
VBUSER=virtualbox          # name of custom account created (which is a member of disk group)<br />
VM_NAME=Win7           # name of virtual machine</p>
<p>wait_for_closing_machines() {<br />
RUNNING_MACHINES=`sudo -u $VBUSER VBoxManage list runningvms | wc -l`<br />
if [ $RUNNING_MACHINES != 0 ]; then<br />
sleep 5<br />
wait_for_closing_machines<br />
fi<br />
}</p>
<p>sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/.VirtualBox    # make sure $VBUSER will be able to access VirtualBox settings etc.<br />
                                                     # we use sudo because $VBUSER creates files with its ownership on previous runs<br />
sudo chmod -R g=u /home/$USER/.VirtualBox                 # $VBOXUSER permissions should be the same as ours<br />
sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME    # ditto for VirtualBox VMs directory.<br />
sudo chmod -R g=u /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME</p>
<p>xauth extract /home/$USER/cookieTmp $DISPLAY</p>
<p>chmod g+r /home/$USER/cookieTmp<br />
sudo chmod g+x /home/$USER/</p>
<p>sudo -u $VBUSER XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority_$VBUSER xauth merge /home/$USER/cookieTmp<br />
rm /home/$USER/cookieTmp</p>
<p>sudo -u $VBUSER DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority_$VBUSER VBOX_USER_HOME=/home/$USER/.VirtualBox VBoxManage startvm $VM_NAME<br />
#sudo -u $VBUSER DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority_$VBUSER VBOX_USER_HOME=/home/$USER/.VirtualBox virtualbox</p>
<p>echo &#8220;Waiting for shutdown of $VM_NAME&#8221;<br />
wait_for_closing_machines<br />
echo &#8220;$VM_NAME shutdown. Resetting permissions.&#8221;<br />
sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/.VirtualBox    # make sure $VBUSER will be able to access VirtualBox settings etc.<br />
                                                     # we use sudo because $VBUSER creates files with its ownership on previous runs<br />
sudo chmod -R g-rw /home/$USER/.VirtualBox/*                 # $VBOXUSER permissions should be the same as ours<br />
sudo chown -R $USER:users /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME    # ditto for VirtualBox VMs directory.<br />
sudo chmod -R g-rw /home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/$VM_NAME</p>
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