I'd like to try Gentoo (again…). I know that many steps require a lot of configuration and much more time. I'd like to do something else on computer during long waiting, because of that I would like to install it using VirtualBox and then move it to an partition and use it as normal OS.
Update:
I know how to chroot
from live to HDD, "restore" GRUB bootloader. I need especially to know how to have my Gentoo installed to real HDD partition using VirtualBox.
Best Answer
Sounds like you want to use a real disk, and not a "Virtual Disk" (aka .vdi for VirtualBox).
Note: on some systems the "vboxmanage" command is case sensitive and would be spelled
VBoxManage
.vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /my-vbox-real-disk.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/your_disk
"filename" points to a "link" file that you will attach to the Virtual Guest. "rawdisk" is the physical disk you want to use, such as
/dev/sda
or/dev/sdc
.Now the disk can be placed in a new machine (bare metal) after the Gentoo install is finished.