Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:52 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> 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: <20090924213052.6BF031CC39@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:10 PDT." <4ABBE24E.3090306@FreeBSD.org>
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> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:10 -0700 > From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org > > The 2 most recent versions of vbox have been stable enough for me to > start using them for real work, so congrats to those working on the > port! So naturally, now I want more. :) > > Specifically I'm curious about cd-rom and usb support. When I start > the gui and go to settings for my existing winxp guest my cd-rom drive > is not available on the spinner for "Host CD/DVD Drive." Is that > expected? Is there something I need to do differently to make that > available? > > I'm also curious about access to USB devices. I don't even see options > for that, so is it just not possible? > > > Thanks, > > Doug > > -- > > This .signature sanitized for your protection > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Doug, I am NOT involved with VirtualBox porting, but I suggest that you see the VB wiki page <http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox>. It is kept pretty current. It does have information on making the CD/DVD work. (Mostly protection issues.) It also lists the last two features not yet supported by the port...USB and OpenGL. :-( I really need USB, as well, as I need to sync my phone (Treo) regularly to our calendar. Other than the USB, everything seems to work great for a Windows 7 guest. I just need a bit more memory so I don't spend so much time paging. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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