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Date:      Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:55:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:      "Bernhard Froehlich" <decke@bluelife.at>
To:        "Doug Barton" <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does vbox have support for cd-rom or usb in winxp guest?
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>

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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/




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