Access to specific isa card with VBox???

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hdjam2002
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Access to specific isa card with VBox???

Post by hdjam2002 »

Hello,

We have a software that runs on MS-DOS and must communicate with a specific card installed on port isa.
We want to use this software in VBox with a machine that runs XP.
Is it possible to access to the ISA port with VBox in this case?

Do we have to do a specific development?
Can you help us, Please?

Thank you,
Sasquatch
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Re: Access to specific isa card with VBox???

Post by Sasquatch »

You can't pass hardware to a VM, except USB. If you want this anyway, then I suggest a type-1 hypervisor like Xen that can allocate physical hardware to a VM.
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hdjam2002
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Re: Access to specific isa card with VBox???

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I d'ont know xen, so I tried to take a look, but in the configuration guide it does not say how can we configure an ISA port?
I also wonder knowing, if xen can configure the DMA and IRQ?
thank you
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Re: Access to specific isa card with VBox???

Post by Sasquatch »

All I know is that Xen can pass PCI slots/IDs to a VM. The exact works behind it is not for this forum.
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Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
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