Sun Microsystems 3.0.0 User Manual
8 VBoxManage reference
8.5.2 Storage settings
The following storage settings are available through VBoxManage modifyvm:
• --hd<a|b|d> none|<uuid>|<filename>: This specifies the settings for
each of the three virtual hard disks that can be attached to a VM’s IDE con-
troller (primary master and slave, and secondary slave; the secondary master is
always reserved for the virtual CD/DVD drive). For each of these three, specify
either the UUID or a filename of a virtual disk that you have
troller (primary master and slave, and secondary slave; the secondary master is
always reserved for the virtual CD/DVD drive). For each of these three, specify
either the UUID or a filename of a virtual disk that you have
– either registered with VBoxManage openmedium; see chapter
, page
– or created using VBoxManage createhd with the --register option;
see chapter
, page
– alternatively, specify the UUID of an iSCSI target that you have registered
with VBoxManage addiscsidisk; see chapter
, page
• --sata on|off: this determines whether VirtualBox, in addition to the IDE
controller, should also present an SATA controller as a second PCI device to the
virtual machine. See chapter
virtual machine. See chapter
page
for additional information.
• --sataportcount <1-30>: if the SATA controller is enabled, this determines
how many ports the SATA controller should support.
• --sataport<1-30> none|<uuid>|<filename>: if the SATA controller is
enabled, this specifies how an SATA slot should be occupied. This works just like
the --hd options explained above.
the --hd options explained above.
• --sataideemulation<1-4> <1-30>: if the SATA controller is enabled, this
specifies which SATA ports should operate in IDE emulation mode. As explained
in chapter
in chapter
, page
, by default,
this is the case for SATA ports 1-4; with this command, you can map four IDE
channels to any of the 30 supported SATA ports.
channels to any of the 30 supported SATA ports.
• --dvd none|<uuid>|<filename>|host:<drive>:
This specifies what
VirtualBox should provide to the VM as the virtual CD/DVD drive; specify
either the UUID or the filename of an image file that you have registered
with VBoxManage openmedium (see chapter
either the UUID or the filename of an image file that you have registered
with VBoxManage openmedium (see chapter
, page
). Alternatively, specify “host:“ with the drive specifica-
tion of your host’s drive.
• --dvdpassthrough on|off: With this, you can enable DVD writing support
(currently experimental; see chapter
page
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