From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 25 08:29:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 125021065670; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:29:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fli@shapeshifter.se) Received: from mx1.h3q.net (mx1.h3q.net [IPv6:2001:16d8:ffe5:1::f1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8CB8FC1A; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:29:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-auth.h3q.net (smtp-auth.h3q.net [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: hidden) by mx1.h3q.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DED4B33CC7 ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:29:01 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4ABC7F49.2060809@shapeshifter.se> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:28:57 +0200 From: Fredrik Lindberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090912) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <4ABBE24E.3090306@FreeBSD.org> <4ABBEAAF.9020409@shapeshifter.se> <4ABC05CD.6090108@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4ABC05CD.6090108@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does vbox have support for cd-rom or usb in winxp guest? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:29:04 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > Fredrik Lindberg wrote: >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> I'm also curious about access to USB devices. I don't even see options >>> for that, so is it just not possible? >>> >> The open source edition of VirtualBox doesn't include any USB support >> nor the virtual USB controller, it's a closed source component. >> >> Details at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions > > Wow, what a bad web site! :) Where would I go to buy the closed > source version, and could I run it on FreeBSD if I did? > The closed source version is free (as in beer) for personal use but as far as I know they don't have any binaries for FreeBSD. Fredrik