How to make a 3TB virtual drive for virtualbox?

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I need to make a large virtual drive for virtual box at 3TB, however, the max size in virtual box appears to be 2TB. How can i make a 3TB virtual disk/drive? thanks.

Daniel

Posted 2014-03-24T16:42:20.390

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You can not use the GUI to accomplish this, but you can with the command line like:

 vboxmanage createhd --filename 3TB.vdi --size 3000000 --format VDI --variant Standard

reference

Digital Chris

Posted 2014-03-24T16:42:20.390

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Great! does this also work for fixed size disks at this size? – Daniel – 2014-03-24T17:05:32.550

Based on this I assume --variant Fixed would work for a 3T drive, but I have not tested it.

– Digital Chris – 2014-03-24T17:14:42.043

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