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Vmware Fusion on Mac: Using firewire with XP

Discussion in 'Mac - General discussion' started by ramosfet, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. ramosfet

    ramosfet Regular member

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    I've been using vmware fusion on my macbook pro for months and i love it!!!! but i was wondering if there was a way to connect my external firewire dvd burner to the laptop and have it recognized in windows xp withing vmware fusion.

    I have tried to simple plug and play but only the mac osx portion recognizes it.

    If this isn't possible, then has anyone tried this with Parallels?
     
  2. Xian

    Xian Regular member

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    You can't connect a firewire device directly to the VM but you can add it as a drive and use it.
    See: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-7730

    I have had issues with USB devices too though they are recognized. The trick to those was that only one OS will control it at a time. Make sure VMWare Fusion is active if you want to use a USB device, or if you want to use it in OS X make sure that is what is active when you plug in the device.
     

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