Installing vista from optical drive

[HOFOODS]

"warning! newbie no knowledge!!"

Hi
I have installed virtualbox on an iMac running high sierra but which has no dvd drive.

I have an old mac book that does have a dvd drive and this comes up on the Imac in finder under "Devices" and i can see the Windows Vista DVD there.

I cannot seem to get it to run/install into virtual box though.

Any guidance/hacks would be appreciated - thanks!

[socratis]

You sound like a fairly new user to VirtualBox. Since you are expected to know some basic terms before we engage in a meaningful discussion, I would suggest to start by reading three small chapters from the User Manual:

• 1.2. Some terminology,
• 1.7. Creating your first virtual machine and
• 1.8. Running your virtual machine.

You should have a searchable PDF included with your installation (Help » Contents). Take advantage of that fact, and use it to search the PDF for the terms that interest you.