[Blackpool] Meeting 22nd June

[MJ Hewitt]

Sorry Colin -

Wrong info. 98 did need drivers for USB, but that will not be why USB is not
working in the virtual machine. Apparently there are 2 versions of
virtualbox available for linux, usb works in one and not the other. Tony
told me about this, so maybe he can help.

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox :-

A number of extra features are available with the full VirtualBox release
only (see the "Editions <http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions>" page for
details):

   - *Virtual USB Controllers.* VirtualBox implements a virtual USB
   controller and allows you to connect arbitrary USB devices to your virtual
   machines without having to install device specific drivers on the host.
   -

As for sharing, I needed to get files off the actual machine onto another
one.  Here is what I do.
I have a dropbox account set up on the host, then in the guest, I use the
browser to move files using the dropbox web interface.
Hope this helps,
Mike



On 27 May 2010 15:34, MJ Hewitt <admin at pcrecycler.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Colin -
>
> Win98 didn't support USB natively, you had to install a driver disk for
> your USB device.
> I still have the driver for my first (256m) disgo  USB stick. So you are
> needing a driver.
>
> Have you enabled the floppy in the virtual machine settings? same place you
> go to set iso booting.
>
> There is extensive help in the help file about shared folders.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 27 May 2010 13:36, Colin <63a at lineone.net> wrote:
>
>> It was very interesting to see Win98 running on Les's Joggler - I'd never
>> have believed it.
>>
>> I was also encouraged by Mike putting (or at leasat starting to put) Win98
>> in Virtual Box on his machine as I'd been unable to get it started.  On
>> Monday, though, I tried again with his suggestions & now have it up &
>> running & with Office97 installed!  Sheer Joy!
>>
>> One slight prob though, I can't seem to get shared folders working or
>> access
>> VB's floppy or get Win98 to see my USB drive.
>>
>> Any thoughts anyone please?
>>
>> Turning to Barcamp, did Les say he's had Ubuntu running on a PPC?  I could
>> bring my Clamshell (or I do have an iMac) to show it on a different
>> platform
>> if he likes?  And would he be interested in DSL on my Thinkpad Flying
>> Machine (if he can cope with the sheer blinding speed, that is)?
>>
>> We can look forward to Tony's experiment with booting hopefully on 3rd
>> June.
>>
>> See you all then!
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
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