Linux in virtual machine on Mac OS with direct disk access?

Question

linux

Hello!
There is a task. You need to format a blank USB HDD to ext2 / ext3 in Mac OS.
Drivers like Paragon/Fuse are awfully slow. 5 gigabytes is thrown in two hours.
Advised to put Linux in a virtual machine. As far as I remember in the virtual machine restrictions on disk access.
Is it possible to somehow do it in such a way as to put, for example, Fedora in a virtual machine, give full rights to the USB HDD, format them, and even somehow get access to the Mac OS HDD and transfer files to the USB HDD ext2 for example?
This step is required to create a cinema DCP package port, but Mac-only computers, bootcamp, and installation on a second partition are not allowed.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

Yes, it seems like, if this is an external drive, then it will be thrown into the virtual machine just like any USB device, in its entirety.

Answer 2

I support the decision with LiveCD. This is the easiest option - booted from a sd / flash drive, formatted the usb screw and transferred the data from the main one. But if you still want to connect a real screw as a virtualbox storage, then you need to go here www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk

Answer 3

Parallels can have direct disk access. Maybe VirtualBox can too.