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On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 20:50 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Viv wrote: > > > > > I have just installed Virtual Box and am very impressed. With a bit of > > tinkering, I do have USB support (and I think this is the O/S version - > > I installed it previously using Adept Manager). So far, I think it is > > better than VMWare. The best thing is that you can opt for the size of > > the virtual drive to grow (which is quite useful when Windows is > > installed !!!). It seems faster as well. > > > > It is pretty fast, even on my Athlon 64 3000+ with 1GB Ram. I setup a > virtual machine for Edubuntu with 256MB memory and 8MB video memory and > it whizzed along. The version I'm running is 1.5.0 OSE, just checked > the config, can't find anything about USB. > > > > There is an extensive article in last months Linux Format magazine about > > how to configure it. Do you get this as you may find it useful ? If not, > > I could scan and send it to you. > > > Yep, I'm a Linux format subscriber. > > Rob > > Hi Rob, I think that I must have inadvertantly installed the closed source version then. However, I do need my USB printer to function so, I need the USB support. So far, on my windows xp virtual machine, I have installed : 1) anti spyware 2) anti virus 3) anti web kit 4) XP Lite - for stripping out bits of windows that are not necessary 1 functional program that I will make use of - my navigation mapping software, Anquet Maps. All that effort and time to get 1 useful program installed. That's Windows for you ! Viv -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html