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virtualbox-image: use vmdk wrapper instead of vdi copy (avoids 1 disk copy)

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obadz 2016-08-27 03:01:51 +01:00
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nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-image.nix
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@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ in {
postVM =
''
echo "creating VirtualBox disk image..."
${pkgs.vmTools.qemu}/bin/qemu-img convert -f raw -O vdi $diskImage disk.vdi
rm $diskImage
echo "creating VirtualBox VM..."
export HOME=$PWD
export PATH=${pkgs.linuxPackages.virtualbox}/bin:$PATH
echo "creating VirtualBox pass-through disk wrapper (no copying invovled)..."
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename disk.vmdk -rawdisk $diskImage
echo "creating VirtualBox VM..."
vmName="NixOS ${config.system.nixosLabel} (${pkgs.stdenv.system})"
VBoxManage createvm --name "$vmName" --register \
--ostype ${if pkgs.stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "Linux26_64" else "Linux26"}
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in {
--usb on --mouse usbtablet
VBoxManage storagectl "$vmName" --name SATA --add sata --portcount 4 --bootable on --hostiocache on
VBoxManage storageattach "$vmName" --storagectl SATA --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd \
--medium disk.vdi
--medium disk.vmdk
echo "exporting VirtualBox VM..."
mkdir -p $out