Raw hard disk access, e.g., /dev/disk0s1

Discussion in 'Feature Suggestions' started by goeschle, Dec 26, 2006.

  1. goeschle

    goeschle Bit poster

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    Thanks for this awesome product. I've never seen any emulation product that integrates so well. It's almost like "Classic for Windows".

    Maybe I just missed it so far, but I am looking for one feature that is essential for me:
    I'd like to use native partitions, e.g. /dev/disk0s1 - those should be useable as "raw" disks.

    For example, I have a collection of hard disks which contain multiple partitions and operating systems, and I'd like to use those disks with Parallels, without the need for virtual files.

    Also, I guess this should improve disk performance, since no virtual disk file would be necessary - only 1 filesystem would be used instead of 2 (the real file system and the emulated file system inside the virtual disk).

    Please consider adding the option to use raw disks, e.g., /dev/disk0s1 - you could even make it an "advanced" option for people who know what they are doing.
     
  2. mistur

    mistur Bit poster

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    should be very good as well for i/o performance, encapsulate filesystems level (linux fs into file over hfs fs) shouldn't be the best for performance

    Yoann
     

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