VirtualBox OSE + USB

[scott]

sdavmor wrote:
> Young wrote:
>   
>> sdavmor wrote:
>>     
>>> NoOp wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On 04/30/2008 05:32 PM, Ranmadhu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> NoOp wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I used the VB from the repos, and as a test installed
>>>>>> WinXPPro. Magic!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, I could not manage to get USB support working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> From what I recall, the repos has the open sourced version.
>>>>> The open source version does not support USB (see 
>>>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions), but the
>>>>> closed-source one does. I have the closed source version (on
>>>>> 7.10) and USB works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ranmadhu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Thanks. Blew out the repo version & used this to reinstall:
>>>>
>>>> <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=2c0655574653a9aa3ca31162fba3cce3&t=770745>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The only problem that I had was that I had to use
>>>>
>>>> sudo dpkg -i <name>.deb
>>>>
>>>> as the Nautilus installer stalled due to the older version. USB
>>>>  came up like a charm. Installing Win2KP now for testing :-)
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Good. I'd like to install WK2P I have an OEM sans key) just so I
>>> can run those few "dammit I have to have that" apps. Sounds like
>>> I'll be coming down the same highway as you a couple of days
>>> behind you.
>>>
>>>       
>> Will VirtualBox support Win98?  That's all I would need for my old
>>  Windows only apps. It would also be smaller and faster I think.
>>
>> Mark
>>     
>
> Someone else will have to answer that for you. But I hear where you're
> coming from. I want the minimal Winxx in a virtual that will run the
> one thing I have to have. Because of the .NET v2 requirement (will
> will no doubt be a frakking .NET v3 by the time the next version of
> Acid Pro comes along) it has to be Win2K or WinXP for me. Which is
> fine. If I can virtualize Win2K and run Acid (et al) there that's what
> I'll do instead of WinXP -- leaner and therefore more bang for the
> virtualized RAM/buck.

My show stopper is IDA Pro and OllyDBug.


There are no good disassemblers for linux that can do MS apps.

I really doubt there ever will be.