I have a huge problem. I have a Mac and running Windows 7 as guest. Everything is working fine but it is not reading my Optical Disk drive. Not to sure what the problem is but its giving me an error code which i dont understand.
Result Code:
VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component:
Medium
Interface:
IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}
Callee:
IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}
Virtual Box/how to switch to CD/DVD Drive
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Perryg
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- Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
- Primary OS: Linux other
- VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
- Guest OSses: *NIX
Re: Virtual Box/how to switch to CD/DVD Drive
Enable passthrough in the guest settings -> storage for the CD/DVD and see if it works.
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jmarcus28
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- Joined: 2. Dec 2011, 19:37
- Primary OS: MS Windows 7
- VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
- Guest OSses: OSx
Re: Virtual Box/how to switch to CD/DVD Drive
Did that and still giving me the samne error message. Any other suggestions. I use VB on a external HD so not to sure if that plays a part of VB not recongizing the CD drive
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Perryg
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- Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
- Primary OS: Linux other
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- Guest OSses: *NIX
Re: Virtual Box/how to switch to CD/DVD Drive
You store the images on an external drive, or you use portable VirtualBox?
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jmarcus28
- Posts: 3
- Joined: 2. Dec 2011, 19:37
- Primary OS: MS Windows 7
- VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
- Guest OSses: OSx
Re: Virtual Box/how to switch to CD/DVD Drive
Stored it on an External