RoadHazard
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- Nov 29, 2015
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Okay, I'm stumped.
I've got Windows 7 32-bit running as the guest OS within VirtualBox. Everything's fine (for Windows...). I have successfully mounted an .iso image, as well as a shared folder for passing files between Windows and FreeNAS. That part's all dandy.
What I want to do now is let Windows read from (any maybe write to) a real, live shiny CD. I've mounted my FreeNAS system's internal CD-R/W drive at /media/cdrom and FreeNAS can read its contents no problem. But I can't figure out the magic incantations to make VirtualBox and/or Windows see it.
Most of the suggestions I've seen online mention a "passthrough" option which doesn't appear anywhere on my phpVirtualBox GUI, or they mention selecting "host drive" choices that also don't appear anywhere. I do have a "Live CD/DVD" checkbox option but that doesn't seem to do anything.
Any hints?
I've got Windows 7 32-bit running as the guest OS within VirtualBox. Everything's fine (for Windows...). I have successfully mounted an .iso image, as well as a shared folder for passing files between Windows and FreeNAS. That part's all dandy.
What I want to do now is let Windows read from (any maybe write to) a real, live shiny CD. I've mounted my FreeNAS system's internal CD-R/W drive at /media/cdrom and FreeNAS can read its contents no problem. But I can't figure out the magic incantations to make VirtualBox and/or Windows see it.
Most of the suggestions I've seen online mention a "passthrough" option which doesn't appear anywhere on my phpVirtualBox GUI, or they mention selecting "host drive" choices that also don't appear anywhere. I do have a "Live CD/DVD" checkbox option but that doesn't seem to do anything.
Any hints?