On 25/11/13 07:27, Alois Mahdal wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:30:16 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Du, 24 nov 13, 11:45:11, Wally Lepore wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly >>> to VirtualBox? > > It's probably clear, bout just to be complete: the mounting > part should be definitely same for Debian ISO as any other > ISO :) > > >> Yes, I did this in VirtualBox running on Debian, but it >> shouldn't be different on Windows. I can't detail the steps >> because it seems I uninstalled VirtualBox, but it was quite >> easy. > > I don't have it at hand either, but ---- and now I'm not sure > if it was for Virtualbox, KVM manager or both ---- it was not > so trivial as e.g. on Vmware Workstation, where it's two clicks > in menu and you choose the file. It wanted you to add the file > first to some "repository" before being able to use it as image > for virtual optical drive.
You're mistaken about VirtualBox. Whether the VM is running or not it's still only two clicks to select a new ISO to load into the optical device. If anything VirtualBox is simpler to use than Vmware (I use both). > However, it was possible to get > there using intuition. Or following the prompts. <snipped> Kind regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52933b12.6060...@gmail.com
