On (Wed) Jul 08 2009 [16:19:27], Dâniel Fraga wrote: > I like very much KVM, but I decided to test Virtualbox and it > has nice features KVM doesn't have. BUT... Virtualbox is orders of > magnitude SLOWER than KVM. Virtualbox just can't compete with KVM > regarding speed. KVM is much, much, much faster than any virtual > machine on earth. > > Anyway, Virtualbox has a nice feature: cdrom passthrough with > let me use applications like AnyDVD or something like that. That's the > only app I need which there is not an equivalent in Linux. > > So, I know that I can use -cdrom /mountpoint, but AnyDVD won't > work with that. Besides that, Virtualbox allows me to mount/umount > whenever I want without restarting the virtual machine. You can use the monitor command 'change' to do that. Though you should be using a frontend like virt-manager which should have such functionality. > So, is there any way to force cdrom passthrough in KVM or it is > impossible right now? I think this feature is under development and is discussed on the qemu list. Amit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
