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Subject: Re: Does vbox have support for cd-rom or usb in winxp guest?
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Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 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.

Thanks! I'm trying to avoid running HAL so unless my needs become much
greater I'll stick with mounting ISOs for now.

> (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.

Yeah, I'd like to be able to sync my iPhone. That's the last thing I
know for sure I need at the moment.


Doug

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