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.
passthrough With this, you can enable DVD writing support (currently experimental; see chapter 5.7, Writing CDs and DVDs using the host drive, page 85).
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.
Note: The option
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.
Note: For compatibility with earlier versions of VirtualBox, the “showvdiinfo” 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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