On 2/10/2008, at 11:00 PM, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in vbox-users Digest, Vol 22, Issue 2:
> Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 23:45:51 -0500 > From: > Subject: Re: [vbox-users] "Can't locate DirectX"? > To: "VirtualBox end user list" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Have you install the VirtualBox Guest Additions in the guest? > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:37 PM, kiwiiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> G'day, >> I installed Win XP (MacOSX Leopard Host) (what a mission!!) >> specifically to access a rather obscure Win application "DVRPlay" >> required to access the hard drive of the Swann DVR Business, a black >> box that monitors 4 different security cameras. The software comes on >> a mini-CD that can't be accessed with the MacBook suckymoto DVD drive >> but I copied it to a Flashdrive with another desktop PC. Yes, they are, thanks for taking the time. I've had a reply to the same question from the manufacturer (or at least the Aussie importers...everything is made in China these days). They intimated that a VM won't work in this context, I would have to use a genuine Windows box*. This doesn't surprise me as I was using a colleague's Toshiba XP laptop today to extract images off the offending HD and noticed that even the Win box couldn't actually see the hard drive without going through the DVRPlay application. Every time I connect it to the Mac I'm told that the drive isn't recognisable to OSX, would I like the re-intitialise it? The manufacturer has done something seriously weird to the appliance. *Or maybe Boot Camp. Which raises the question: other VM software (Parallels or Fusion?) can use the Boot Camp partition installation as the VM, without having to reboot. Is this possible with VirtualBox? --- Keep in touch....Ian Orchard <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
