#14477 closed defect (duplicate)
Booting existing Windows 7 partition in 5.0.2 no longer works
| Reported by: | jim.rather | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 5.0.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
I have a dual boot system. My primary partition is Windows 7 and I also have Ubuntu 15.04 installed. Using previous builds of VirtualBox (4.3.x) I was able to boot my physical Windows 7 partition in VirtualBox on Ubuntu. I created the disk using the command "VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename test.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda" and attached it to the VM. This setup works very well for me in that I can run Windows in Ubuntu when needed (instead of having to reboot) as well as booting to Windows (natively) if necessary.
This system no longer finishes booting on 5.0.2. I get to the loading Windows splash screen but it hangs there. I confirmed that if I revert back to 4.3.30, it works. I can provide any information needed to troubleshoot this. Please let me know what is needed so this functionality is available on 5.0.2 and future builds going forward.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | → duplicate |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Duplicate of #14219.