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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<refentry id="vboxmanage-mediumio" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2020-02-04 11:54:12 +0100 (Tue, 04 Feb 2020) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage mediumio</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-mediumio</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-mediumio</refname>
<refpurpose>medium content access</refpurpose>
<refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-mediumio-formatfat"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage mediumio</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain">--disk=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--dvd=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--floppy=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg>--password-file=<replaceable>-|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">formatfat</arg>
<arg>--quick</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-mediumio-cat">
<command>VBoxManage mediumio</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain">--disk=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--dvd=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--floppy=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg>--password-file=<replaceable>-|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">cat</arg>
<arg>--hex</arg>
<arg>--offset=<replaceable>byte-offset</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--size=<replaceable>bytes</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--output=<replaceable>-|filename</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-mediumio-stream">
<command>VBoxManage mediumio</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain">--disk=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--dvd=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--floppy=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg>--password-file=<replaceable>-|filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">stream</arg>
<arg>--format=<replaceable>image-format</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--variant=<replaceable>image-variant</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--output=<replaceable>-|filename</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-mediumio-common-options">
<title>Common options</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
<para>The subcommands of <command>mediumio</command> all operate on a medium which need to be specified, optionally
with an encryption password. The following common options can be placed before or after the sub-command:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>--disk=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Either the UUID or filename of a harddisk image, e.g. VDI, VMDK, VHD, ++.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--dvd=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Either the UUID or filename of a DVD image, e.g. ISO, DMG, CUE.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--floppy=<replaceable>uuid|filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Either the UUID or filename of a floppy image, e.g. IMG.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--password-file=<replaceable>-|filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>The name of a file containing the medium encryption password. If <option>-</option>
is specified, the password will be read from stdin. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-mediumio-formatfat">
<title>mediumio formatfat</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
Formats a floppy medium with the FAT file system. This will erase the
content of the medium.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--quick</option></term><listitem><para>Quickformat the medium.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-mediumio-cat">
<title>mediumio cat</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
Dumps the medium content to stdout or the specified file.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--hex</option></term><listitem><para>Dump as hex bytes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--offset</option></term><listitem><para>The byte offset in the medium to start.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--size</option></term><listitem><para>The number of bytes to dump.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--output</option></term>
<listitem><para>The output filename. As usual <option>-</option> is take to mean stdout.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-mediumio-stream">
<title>mediumio stream</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
Converts the medium to a streamable format and dumps it to the given output.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--format</option></term><listitem><para>The format of the destination image.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--variant</option></term><listitem><para>The medium variant for the destination.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--output</option></term>
<listitem><para>The output filename. As usual <option>-</option> is take to mean stdout.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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