# Vagrant disk options

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vagrant-disk-options/17419>\
**Category:** Vagrant\
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vagrant-disk-options/17419 "2020-11-10T04:37:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![muttiopenbts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/muttiopenbts/32/14495_2.png) [@muttiopenbts](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/muttiopenbts)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vagrant-disk-options/17419/1 "2020-11-10T04:37:15Z")

</div>

Hi, I have vagrant running with virtualbox and would like to know if I can configure my vm to use a physical disk.

Thanks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chrisroberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/chrisroberts/32/796_2.png) [@chrisroberts](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/chrisroberts)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vagrant-disk-options/17419/2 "2020-11-16T16:47:40Z")

</div>

Hi there,

Yes, this is possible but it is not something supported by Vagrant. You would need to customize the guest either directly prior to generating the box, or via provider customization. However, given that Vagrant guests are considered ephemeral, having a guest based on a physical disk will likely make it less useful as changes will be persistent unless the disk itself is restored.

Cheers!