Adding Hard Disk in Virtualized OS

ToRRIIDeR · July 31, 2018, 10:38am

So revently i have been thinking of changing to linux as my main operating system because it offers more customizations and better security. I have 3 drives with me, 1 boot drive(Klevv 120gb), 1 drive(850 Evo) for programs and the other(850Pro) for games. I was wondering if the data that is stored in the virtualized OS can edited real time in the host os(ie. editing up a document etc, opening up zip files for android studio).

StripedMonkey · July 31, 2018, 10:46am

I too pray to our lord and savior GNU\Linux

But depending on how you have it set up yes, you could totally edit them real-time. Last time I tried it was kinda funky to do but that very well could have been me trying to overcomplicate things.

sttris · July 31, 2018, 10:56am

I think it should be as easy as mounting a virtual drive.
Mount process depends on witch OS You are using.

tkoham · July 31, 2018, 6:02pm

You can edit virtual drive images or block devices by mounting them whe nthe VM is off.

And yes, you can do it in realtime with the VM active, but you need to set up an smb share or use a tool like Syncthing.

we also have a wiki for other VM stuff here:

The VFIO and Passthrough One Stop Shop Wikis & How-to Guides

Seems like we get a new thread almost every day with people having the same problems setting up a passthrough VM. The Purpose of this Wiki is to be a resource and reference for people who want to set up a VFIO system, or have one already and need advice or Tutorials for the various facets of that system. I will be adding categories like ‘input’ ‘screens’ etc – these can be expanded as necessary. Basic Setup Guides on setting up a passthrough VM The archwiki guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF This is the gold standard in passthrough setup tutorials. It is by and large the most complete, best maintained, and most accurate reference available. The vast majority of the information is completely distro agnostic, with the single caveat being mkinipcio being distro specific (dracut on fedora etc) This should always be your first reference. Explainers/Benchmarks Information on various ill documented or not-oft-explained aspects of VFIO. Benchmarks should also be put here as the effectiveness of many commonly suggested tweaks are not very well characterized. Hardware buying and quirk guide: https://passthroughpo.st/vfio-increments/ Input resources for people looking for keyboard/mouse input sharing solutions or other input-related topics. Storage Information on best practices for images, VirtIO, etc. Display/GPU VFIO Topics pertaining to your VM’s display, native or otherwise. Audio VM audio resources. Distro Specific Apparmor, distro specific software, issues, and workarounds. Tools and Projects Software that enhances the VFIO experience, or VFIO use cases outside of GPU passthrough https://looking-glass.hostfission.com/ This is a tool that allows users to take advantage of KVMFR, using 3d accelerated VMs without needing a native display

Ruffalo · July 31, 2018, 6:17pm

What are you virtualizing, windows?

If you’re thinking about running a linux VM on linux, I suggest you give LXC a shot, it’s awesome technology, much faster, and more hardware efficient.

ToRRIIDeR · August 1, 2018, 2:23am

tx man i’ll be sure to consider your suggestion

sttris · August 1, 2018, 9:22am

I played with LXC on a Raspberry PI 3. Even that small dude is able to run 4 containers with different web, DB and other servers.
Amazing technology and the best thing is, that it is super easy to access the containers files from the host OS.