problem accessing cd/dvd drive

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Create an ISO file from the DVD

Attach the ISO file to the VirtualBox session through the
usual mechanism.

Ted

On 6/30/2010 7:14 AM, AN wrote:
> Hi VBox Team:
>
> Many thanks for all your work to get VBox running on FreeBSD. I am
> trying to use a program called Rosetta Stone on WinXP, but I am having
> trouble with the DVD drive.
>
> I was able to install the application from the CD. However, the way the
> program works I need to access a disk in the DVD drive that has data the
> program needs.
>
> System info:
>
> virtualbox-ose-3.2.6 A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
> virtualbox-ose-kmod-3.2.6 VirtualBox kernel module for FreeBSD
> FreeBSD quadcore.fu.bar 8.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #18: Wed
> Jun 30 01:48:54
> # kldstat
> Id Refs Address Size Name
> 1 28 0xffffffff80100000 d6ea38 kernel
> 2 1 0xffffffff80e6f000 24e48 snd_hda.ko
> 3 2 0xffffffff80e94000 75638 sound.ko
> 4 1 0xffffffff80f0a000 5328 atapicam.ko
> 6 3 0xffffffff81c55000 41308 linux.ko
> 7 1 0xffffffff81c97000 45fe0 vboxdrv.ko
> 8 1 0xffffffff81e22000 3a1f linprocfs.ko
> 9 1 0xffffffff81e26000 991e53 nvidia.ko
>
> # ps -aux | grep hal
> haldaemon 1278 0.0 0.1 29788 3528 ?? Is 2:06AM 0:06.08 /usr/local/sbin/hald
> root 1282 0.0 0.0 17908 2200 ?? I 2:06AM 0:00.03 hald-runner
> root 1312 0.0 0.0 16592 0 ?? IW - 0:00.00 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse:
> /dev/ums0 (hald-addon-
> root 1325 0.0 0.0 11500 1392 ?? S 2:06AM 0:05.33 hald-addon-storage:
> /dev/cd0 (hald-addon-storage)
> root 1777 0.0 0.1 31048 3932 ?? I 2:08AM 0:01.28
> /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor
> root 70656 0.0 0.0 9092 1156 4 S+ 4:51PM 0:00.00 grep hal
>
> As per the wiki I tried to set the following, but it did not work:
> the example config of /etc/devfs.conf:
>
> perm cd0 0660
> perm xpt0 0660
> perm pass0 0660
>
>
> When I insert the DVD, Windows reads the disk and opens a window called
> "Autoplay Application". In the window there is a button that says Run
> Rosetta Stone. When I click on the Run button, I get a error window
> "Cannot locate the DVD-ROM". The message in the window says "Please
> insert the correct DVD-ROM, and restart application". So, the problem is
> that I cannot read from the DVD drive inside a WinXP VM. Any advice
> would be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
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