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Ok so today i installed virtualbox so i can run some windows applications that don't work on linux.
some how my Cd drives have disappeared
i cannot find them and ...
- 12-24-2009 #1Just Joined!
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CD drives have disapeared
Ok so today i installed virtualbox so i can run some windows applications that don't work on linux.
some how my Cd drives have disappeared
i cannot find them and they don't read my cds in the drives either
I don't know what to do
- 12-25-2009 #2Linux Guru
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Which version did you install, the open source version, or the proprietary one? In any case, in the CD/DVD-ROM configuration page for your VM you will see a check box for "Mount CD/DVD Drive", and below that a couple of radio buttons - one for "Host CD/DVD Drive. With that, there is another check box for "Enable Passthrough". If you have enabled "Host CD/DVD Drive" and checked "Enable Passthrough", then the VM has direct control of the drive, so the Linux OS might not be able to see/control it. I use VirtualBox all the time, with both CentOS / RHEL 5.x and Ubuntu 9.04 and have no problems with the CD/DVD drives on either OS.
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