[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] VirtualBox

Bryan Carbonnell carbonnb at gmail.com
Thu Jan 23 15:33:29 CST 2014


I use VMWare Fusion on my Mac and love it. Got a corporate windows 7 VM a
Linux VM.

I also used an older version of VMWare on widows a few years back with no
issues.

B
On Jan 23, 2014 3:44 PM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> OK - I'm frustrated with Virtual Box.  Any opinions on VM Ware or Windows
> Virtual PC as an alternative?
>
> TIA
>
> Rocky'
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: Rocky Smolin [mailto:rockysmolin at bchacc.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:54 PM
> To: List (dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com); 'Off Topic'
> Subject: VirtualBox
>
>
> Dear List:
>
> I need to set up two virtual machines - one Office 2010 pro, one Office
> 2013
> pro, for testing.  I used Oracle's VM Virtual Box to create a 2007 machine.
> But I cannot remember how I got it to 'see' the DVD drive on my comp - the
> host.  Obviously, I did it because I set up a virtual machine with Office
> 2007, but dipped if I can remember how and get it done for 2010 and 2013.
>
> Can someone give me a lead on this?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky
>
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