On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 10:34 -0700, Bazooka Joe wrote: > Is there a way to combine these 2 commands to cut my time in half? > > VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw file.vdi file.raw > then I have to run > dd if=file.raw of=/dev/sdb Assuming the second line is correct (i.e. you really want to copy file.raw bit-for-bit to a physical device), why not do it directly: VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw file.vdi /dev/sdb poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines