On Friday 18 September 2009, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 12 September 2009 15:36:36 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm new to VBox, though not to Linux, and when I install onto my AMD64 > > box the host apparently can't find an optical drive. > > > > On the Details tab, before I start installing a guest OS, the CD/DVD > > drop-down box contains only /dev/fd0. This happens regardless of whether > > I use the downloaded VirtualBox-3.0.6-52128-Linux_amd64.run or the Gentoo > > app-emulation/virtualbox-ose-3.0.6 ebuild. > > > > I did get WinXP to install, but first I had to make an ISO of its > > installation disk and mount that instead of the CD. > > > > What am I doing wrong? (Kernel config attached.) > > Doesn't anybody have anything to suggest?
Did you already look into the user manual? sections 11.5.2 and 11.5.3? Do you have dbus+hal installed? This is advisable. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com
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