Re: [Hampshire] Disk images and virtualisation

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 21:56:33 john lewis wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:05:22 +0000
>
> Sean Gibbins <sean@???> wrote:
> > Have you mounted the cdrom at the Virtualbox admin console for that
> > instance?
>
> Thanks for that tip Sean. Doing that means a windows app that
> previously reported no disk in drive can now see the data disks.
>
> Only problem now is that it won't let me open the CD drawer once I
> have finished with the CD or need to change it (one data set I use
> consists of 5 CDs). Clicking on the drive icon and telling it to eject
> does nothing.
>
> But at least I don't have to wait until my wife isn't using her
> W2K system to access stuff on the CDs and it is a simple matter to
> shutdown, remove the CD and re-start virtual windows.
>
> --
> John Lewis
> Debian (Sid) & the GeneWeb genealogical data server

Can't you put a straighten paperclip in the little hole on the front of the cd
drive to release the cd draw??

Tim