OS Install using VirtualBox raw disk access

Recently I had a need to create a bootable sd card containing OpenBSD. Since my day to day machine is a MacBook Air with no cdrom drive this initially seemed difficult. It turned out to be much easier than I expected thanks to VirtualBox raw disk access. Raw hard disk access can be dangerous, mainly because there’s a risk you use the wrong device and blow away things you actually need, so be careful and make sure you know you’re using the right physical device. ...

January 24, 2014 · 2 min · Sean Escriva