From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 5 07:55:08 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 60F0E1065692 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:55:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@bluelife.at) Received: from mail.itac.at (mail.itac.at [213.47.211.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E64698FC0A for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=webmail.itac.at) by mail.itac.at with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MuiPR-0001KS-Fy; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:55:05 +0200 Received: from 83.64.253.201 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user decke@bluelife.at) by webmail.itac.at with HTTP; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:55:05 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <309ea2853e3ae7a0b592bde7806d1026.squirrel@webmail.itac.at> In-Reply-To: <4ABC05CD.6090108@FreeBSD.org> References: <4ABBE24E.3090306@FreeBSD.org> <4ABBEAAF.9020409@shapeshifter.se> <4ABC05CD.6090108@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:55:05 +0200 (CEST) From: "Bernhard Froehlich" To: "Doug Barton" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal 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: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:55:08 -0000 On Fri, September 25, 2009 1:50 am, 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? > Looks like the virtualbox developers are working on USB and VRDP support so chances are good that there will be a closed source version of Sun xVM VirtualBox for FreeBSD in the future. http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/23529 http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/23531 -- Bernhard Fröhlich http://www.bluelife.at/