Virtal Machine preferences?

[Fred Roller]

p.echols at comcast.net wrote:
> ----- "Fred Roller" <froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:
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>> I used to use vmware and use vbox ose now.  mainly because it is part
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>> the repos.  the only usb device i use in storage so any short comings
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>> are overcome by putting the vmach on the host network and sharing the
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>> mount. 
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> Thanks Fred.  I by vbox ose, that's the same as virtualbox-ose (I've learned to never assume since names could be similar)
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> But what do you mean by the last bit?
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> Thanks
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Yes, vbox=virtual box.  Apologies for the short hand, 9 month old 
daughter has a fever and was asleep in daddies other arm. :)

As for the second bit.  No matter which virtual software you use, they 
all "seem" to have trouble detecting usb devices out of the box.  There 
are work arounds and such but my needs are simple, I just usually only 
need access to usb storage devices.  I have built a permanent share on 
my desktop.  If I need files off a thumb drive I just "ln -s /media/disk 
~/desktop/share/".  Since my virtual XP machine is on the same network 
the "share" is a mapped drive and hence the data is instantly accessible. 


-- 
Fred
www.fwrgallery.com

"Life is like linux, simple.  If you are fighting it you are doing something wrong."