[Bug 366314] Re: virtualization limitation: does not detect blank cd-rw

2010-03-24 Thread Marc Deslauriers
This is simply not possible in kvm. You may be able to succeed with an external USB cd burner by attaching it to your virtual machine. I am closing this as it isn't really a bug. ** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) Stat

[Bug 366314] Re: virtualization limitation: does not detect blank cd-rw

2009-05-12 Thread Kazagistar
Due to the nature of virtual machines, they cannot talk to hardware directly. When you read a disk, you are actually communicating with an emulated drive, which then in turn reads the CD. To directly access hardware, you need IOMMU support in hardware (something not commonly found) and support for

[Bug 366314] Re: virtualization limitation: does not detect blank cd-rw

2009-05-06 Thread David Bensimon
** Description changed: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose There is a general limitation with virtualization. I need to test how a specific OS writes a disc but I do not want to test this by installing the OS on bare metal. I'm not able to burn a CD from a guest OS using virtualbo

[Bug 366314] Re: virtualization limitation: does not detect blank cd-rw

2009-04-29 Thread David Bensimon
** Description changed: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose There is a general limitation with virtualization. I need to test how a specific OS writes a disc but I do not want to test this by installing the OS on bare metal. - I'm not able to burn a CD from a guest OS since both virt