I tried to test the 3D feature of VirtualBox, so I installed a few games in there, but they all ask me to insert a CD in the drive. But it’s already there! I’ve tried both a physical CD and an ISO, still asks me to insert the disk. Any ideas? Thank you.
linuxoidoz wrote:
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> I tried to test the 3D feature of VirtualBox, so I installed a few games
> in there, but they all ask me to insert a CD in the drive. But it’s
> already there! I’ve tried both a physical CD and an ISO, still asks me
> to insert the disk. Any ideas? Thank you.
If you have a running guest - and it sounds as if you do - then boot the OS
and use the top menu bar (the VBox menus, not the guest OS) and in the
Devices menu, mount you CD/DVD drive. It’s probably /dev/sr0 in the list.
Usually when the guest OS can’t find a CD, you have the virtual iso image
still active from installing the guest extensions.
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Will Honea
The drive is working perfectly fine, I did install the games from the CDs. But when I start the games it asks to insert the CD which is already inserted cos I’ve just installed it. This is what I don’t understand.
linuxoidoz wrote:
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> The drive is working perfectly fine, I did install the games from the
> CDs. But when I start the games it asks to insert the CD which is
> already inserted cos I’ve just installed it. This is what I don’t
> understand.
Ah! That clarifies things a bit. In the setup, do you enable the
pass-through setting? Not doing that blocks the CD writer on one machine
here.
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Will Honea