Sun Microsystems VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 User Manual
8 VBoxManage reference
storagectl
Name of the storage controller. Mandatory.
port
Port number to which the medium has to be attached/detached/modified.
Mandatory.
device
Device Number to which the medium has to be attached/detached/modified.
Mandatory.
type
Define the type of the drive to which the medium is being attached/detached/modified.
medium
Allows to specify if the DVD/Floppy drive or Harddisk is to be completly
detached (none) or just an empty DVD/Floppy drive needs to be attached (emp-
tydrive). If uuid, filename or host:<drive> is specified then it is attached to the
storage controller at the specified port and device number.
tydrive). If uuid, filename or host:<drive> is specified then it is attached to the
storage controller at the specified port and device number.
passthrough
With this, you can enable DVD writing support (currently experimental;
see chapter
, page
forceunmount
If this option is specified then you can unmount the DVD/CD/Floppy
or mount a new DVD/CD/Floppy even if the previous one is locked down by the
guest for reading.
guest for reading.
Note: The option “–medium none” doesn’t work when the VM is running
because you can’t remove DVD/Floppy Drives or Harddisks when the VM is
running.
because you can’t remove DVD/Floppy Drives or Harddisks when the VM is
running.
8.14 VBoxManage showhdinfo
This command shows information about a virtual hard disk image, notably its size, its
size on disk, its type and the VM it is in use by.
size on disk, its type and the VM it is in use by.
Note: For compatibility with earlier versions of VirtualBox, the “showvdiinfo”
command is also supported and mapped internally to the “showhdinfo” com-
mand.
command is also supported and mapped internally to the “showhdinfo” com-
mand.
8.15 VBoxManage createhd
This command creates a new virtual hard disk image. The syntax is as follows:
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