Hello, your post is all about us not supplying Guest Additions for Windows 9x. So far we have not really cared about these guest systems. We supply drivers for all NT based versions of Windows. I really recommend using one of these, performance should be much better as well.
Achim. David Baron wrote: > 1. Emulated Devices > > Has anyone succeded in getting audio to work with Windows guests? How? > Windows > needs an "installable" device through which to play. Qemu provides this. A > recent post on this topic stated VirtualBox emulates AC97. This codec is > ubitiquitous but is fronted by some other chip, sometimes on the motherboard. > Windows (98) cannot detect what is being emulated, therefore, no audio. > > PCI: It has been stated that vbox does not now emulate PCI. So Windows guest > device manager will indeed detect PCI devices but cannot identify them. > Halfway may be worse than none :-) The ideal may be not to emulate but to > arbitrate. > > The only installable device is the ethernet card! > > 2. Video > > Windows will also default to the junkiest vga video and say that is not > working correctly. On 32-bit (NT) based windows, the guest additons have an > alternative that can be installed with the device manager. Not on bad old > Win98. Qemu does provide emulation that is not flagged as not working and one > can change the display size at will, even on Win98. > > 3. Communication with the guest (probably applies to all Windows guests, > maybe > linux guest as well). > > The default networking mode is good for surfing in the guest, little more. > (Qemu provides simpler host-like networking, however, I have not tried using > this for "communication" because) Qemus's raw images can easily be > loop-mounted with a 32k offset yielding a file system with which one can do > as one pleases. One can, of course, convert the VDI to DD, place or transfer > files, the convert back. Must be a better way :-) > > Some questions would be: How to get Samba working in windows guests? How to > get full host networking in distros that do not have all the "tools" cited in > the (farely difficult) instructions? Printing (Qemu provides an lp1 but I > have not tried it)? > > OK, I could just use Qemu but Vbox does work much better all said and the > integrated UI is a great plus as well. > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > -- ** Besuchen Sie uns auf der CeBIT vom 15.-21.3.2007 in Hannover ** ** Im Linux-Park - Halle 5 - Stand G57/3 ** ** InnoTek at CeBIT Hannover: Linux Park Hall 5 - Booth G57/3 ** Kind regards / mit freundlichen Gruessen / Cordialement, Achim Hasenmueller InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH fon: +49 7151 60405-0 (fax: -111) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.innotek.de Germany Place of Incorporation/Firmensitz: Weinstadt Register Court / Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 264652 _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
