Does vbox have support for cd-rom or usb in winxp guest?

Mon Oct 5 07:55:08 UTC 2009

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

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