September 2, 20232 yr hi i saw this thread from 2012, I was wondering if its possible to run unraid on a VM in windows, my computer with all my storage is also my work/gaming PC, i want to use unraid for the storage/raid config. what is the best way to do this?
September 2, 20232 yr Author when trying to follow the guide, I don't se the option to add the VHD image/ the .pfr file to a VM, any ideas?
September 2, 20232 yr You can definitely do this as I am running the 6.12.4 release under VirtualBox on Windows. I have a .vmdk set up to start the boot of Unraid as I do not know how set up VirtualBox to boot directly off the flash drive, which then picks up the Unraid flash drive for the later stages of the boot. I am not sure if there is a way to bypass the booting off the .vmdk - something I have been meaning to look into.
May 3, 20242 yr I'm running a testing Unraid in Windows with Virtualbox using a bit different steps, maybe simpler. The steps are: create a USB drive normally with the Unraid USB Creator tool (keep the "Allow UEFI boot" checkbox checked) in Virtualbox VM instance settings on the System tab, check the "Enable EFI (special OSes only) checkbox in the same settings window on the USB tab add a USB filter to attach the USB drive to the VM start the VM. It fails to boot but goes into some UEFI BIOS thingy. Select the "Boot Manager" menu option and then choose your USB drive start Unraid in the non-GUI mode if the GUI mode hangs
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