-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Here is a similar thread. Maybe you have to symlink your /dev/cdrom to the right device. http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=1622
Guy schlosser wrote: > OK, this is weird. I got my DVD-rw working as /dev/cdrom using: > VBoxManage modifyvm my_xppro -dvd host:/dev/cdrom. Does that mean, if I > wanted my ROM to work, I would use /dev/sdf1? What is sdf1? I've never > seen that before, and I'm wondering why it wouldn't be cdrom0 and > cdrom1? Oh well, my RW is working, which is awesome. Thanks for the > help. > > > Guy > P.S. I do have one more question though. I saw in the changelog that > direct draw has been added to the video driver. Does that mean that > games such as Deluxe PocMon and Warblade will now work? They don't > under Wine, and I would love it if I didn't have to switch over to my > Win-Vista drive, just to play them. > > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 15:52 +0200, Michael Thayer wrote: >> Hello Guy, >> >> I presume that you did put in the VM name, which you left out in the >> text of the e-mail. What does 'VBoxManage list hostdvds' say? And do >> you have read and write permission on that device? >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael >> >> Guy schlosser wrote: >>> Hi all, I have a question that is really simple in nature. I know I'm >>> gonna kick myself square in the butt when I find out the answer, because >>> I know I'm probably missing something really obvious. I'm trying to get >>> my physical DVD-RW drive to be detected in my win-xp guest. After all >>> the updates this weekend, my Ubuntu 7.04 system has been upgraded to >>> the .21 kernel, and Virtualbox 1.5. I changed the DVD drive, so that I >>> could update my guest additions, but now I want to change the -dvd >>> option so that it points to my dvd-rw. The command I entered was >>> VBoxManage modifyvm -dvd host:/dev/scd0. I've also tried /dev/cdrom0, >>> and even without the /dev. If someone can please let me know what I'm >>> doing wrong, let me know ASAP. I do have a DVD in the drive, and I can >>> see it through the file browser in Gnome. Thanks in advance for the >>> help, and excellent job for 1.5. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> Guy >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vbox-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG5AydLBRmdkWri1URAm8WAKDOrzYdgsbnMrBSNxqW9NaozqHtswCfazki NPvP2W148aC2nLPeMjP2wvU= =iejS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
