
RAW host disk access VMDK file C:\sdcard.vmdk created successfully.ģ-4. If everything is fine, the output will be like this, and “sdcard.vmdk” will be created in root folder of C drive. (See Step 1-3).\VBoxManage.exe internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\sdcard.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 The last argument is the DeviceID for SD card. Create VMDK file for the SD card device with “VBoxManage.exe”. cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"Ģ-2. In this example, it’s “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\”. Move folder to VirtualBox installation folder. Create Virtual Machine Disk file ( VMDK) for SD CardĢ-1. Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD USB Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD USB Device 2 31914086400Ģ.

In this example, it’s “ \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1“. You should be able to find an additional line, and that shows DeviceID for the SD card. Insert an SD card to the PC and run the same command. The output should be like this: Caption DeviceID Model Partitions Size

List disc drives using wmic command before inserting SD card to PC. “Windows” key + “x” and select “Command prompt (admin)”).ġ-2. Open Command Prompt (or Windows PowerShell) as administrator (e.g. In this post, I use Windows 10 as the host and Ubuntu 18.04 as the guest.ġ-1. This post shows steps to enable SD card access from Linux VirtualBox guest on Windows host.
