Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:14:06 GMT From: Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/181844: FreeBSD Handbook Virtualbox Host Section missing configuraton information Message-ID: <201309051714.r85HE67Z055153@oldred.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201309051720.r85HK1PF029769@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 181844 >Category: docs >Synopsis: FreeBSD Handbook Virtualbox Host Section missing configuraton information >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 05 17:20:01 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Patrick Powell >Release: 8.4 >Organization: Astart Technologies >Environment: FreeBSD laptop_84.private 8.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE #0 r251259: Sun Jun 2 21:26:57 UTC 2013 root@bake.isc.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: FreeBSD Handbook, Section 22.3.2. VirtualBox Host DVD/CD Access (Note: see https://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox for the source of this information) In the Wiki, we have: Host DVD/CD access atapicam kernel module needs to be loaded via /boot/loader.conf: atapicam_load="YES" This is missing in the Handbook. It is necessary. >How-To-Repeat: Run VirtualBox without atapicam enabled and you will not be able to access host DVD/CD reader. >Fix: Update FreeBSD Handbook documentation. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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