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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:27:52
Message-Id: 200909081616.27386.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization by walt
1 On Monday 07 September 2009 22:29:31 walt wrote:
2 > On 09/07/2009 02:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 > > I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so
4 > > I can't install a client.
5 >
6 > Hm, never tried that. The reason is that I've always just used an iso
7 > file 'mounted' on the virtual machine's CD/DVD player to install a guest.
8 > Most open-source OS's supply the install disk in the form of an iso
9 > file, and to install Windows I create an iso file from the original
10 > CD/DVD first.
11
12 The trouble is that there isn't a CD or DVD player on the vm at all;
13 only /dev/fd0, which isn't a lot of use to me.
14
15 --
16 Rgds
17 Peter

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[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization walt <w41ter@×××××.com>