Virtual Box and my CD-ROM

Good evening
I am not sure if this is the right place to query this...
I have just installed Virtual Box on my machine, this is like a VM ware for me to run Windows... (sorry but its needed for my University software, a pain I know) although I am very new to Macs I need to know how I can locate/navigate to the CR-ROM drive via Finder.
I understand this may be called ATA as I have seen this in a few places but I would just like some guidance on this one.
Thank you all in advance...

GazzaT,
Like said before you have to have a disc in the computer to really see the disc drive. And in that case you will just see the disc. However if you want to access this disc from Virtual Box you will have to put the disc into your computer and then (Mount) it in Virtual Box. To do so I believe while in Your Virtual Machine Goto (Devices)/(Mount CD/DVD-Rom)/(Host Drive.....(name of host drive)) after which it will appear in My Computer like normal. After you are done using it in Windows you will have to Eject it From windows and then I believe it will remount in Mac. Do note you cant use your CD drive at the same time on Mac and Windows.
Hope this helps.

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http://eligere.wordpress.com/2008/03/05 … i-problem/
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55811.
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Last edited by zeug (2009-05-08 23:03:56)

Wikimig wrote:
Hi,
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My guess is that either the disk itself picked up on the cloning or something outside the HDD has been cloned or produced an 'image' of the previous HDD.
If I want to get a new product recovery dvd (as a next step in my investigation) can I download from the net or do I have to order from Toshiba (is this a good course of action?...).
My system can only burn cd's, but I could get someone else to burn a dvd for me if this is possible.
Thanks....
Message was edited by: tigertim71

Parallels 7 vs virtual Box?

Before I get into any heavy lifting, I want to know if anyone is running heavy applications on either parallels 7 or virtual Box. I have some apps that will not run on lion and I really don't want to partition my drive if possible. I have pro tools 8 and Reason 3.0 which will not run on Lion. I wanted to know if anyone had any expereince with "heavy duty" software on virtual machines. Has anyone tried using Logic Pro or Final Cut Pro?
Other than the obvious - virtual Box is free. Is it stable?
Cheers.

Hey Kappy, I had Parallels a few years back and hated it. My job sent me to VMWare training and have been using the Mac Fusion for years. I run Windows 7, Windows XP, Red Hat all on the VMWare.
I use virtual box and Red Hat for my Unix Class. My students just have Windows, so works great for those folks.
I guest my question is, ya (Georgia Speak) think that Parallels is a better product now?
Anyway, Thanks in advance for your thoughts....
Chop

Install OEL 5.0 as Guset OS in VM Virtual BOX

Hi,
I am using WIN XP SP3 on my laptop(intel core i3 32 bit,2 GB RAM).
I have installed Oracle VM Virtual Box for XP (version 4.0.6).There i want to use OEL as my guest OS and install Oracle 11g R2.
I have never used any VM s/w prior to that,hence i don not have any idea on this.
* I have configured OEL VM,now my question is do i need the original OEL 5.0 ISO images to be downloaded from e-delivery to insatll OEL in VM virtual box.And also do i need the 11g R2 binaries for OEL 5 to insatll it within VM OEL???
Please refer me some doc on step by step installation of OEL as guest in VM vietual box.i am a newbie to this.I dont have any idea on this. *
Thanks.
Edited by: Susmit on Apr 26, 2011 9:04 AM

Hi,
if you don't have any idea google is you best friend.
Ask the question you posted here to google, and you will find a lot of good sites with information on this.
However, there is also a good guide, to setup a RAC in Virtualbox, which might answer most of your questions:
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/OracleDB11gR2RACInstallationOnOEL5UsingVirtualBox.php
(Even if you don't intend to install a RAC the steps, till you install the Oracle Software, are the same...).
BTW: Found this via. google ;)
Regards
Sebastian

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