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Old 08-05-2008   #1 (permalink)
David Trimboli


 
 

Add an external device

I'm working with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit using virtual machines,
because I don't have the hardware to create an actual test lab. One of
the parts I'm interested in is third-party driver deployment. But since
Virtual PC guest machines have only hardware known to Windows, I can't
test driver deployment.

Is there any way to get a virtual machine to recognize a device for
which the guest OS has no driver?

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David
Stardate 8596.3

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Old 08-05-2008   #2 (permalink)
Robert Comer


 
 

Re: Add an external device

No, sorry, it only emulates the specific set of hardware you see,
there's no way to add something new.

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Bob Comer


On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:52:03 -0400, David Trimboli <trimboli@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:

>I'm working with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit using virtual machines,
>because I don't have the hardware to create an actual test lab. One of
>the parts I'm interested in is third-party driver deployment. But since
>Virtual PC guest machines have only hardware known to Windows, I can't
>test driver deployment.
>
>Is there any way to get a virtual machine to recognize a device for
>which the guest OS has no driver?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-05-2008   #3 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP]


 
 

Re: Add an external device

"David Trimboli" <trimboli@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ugAX8Sz9IHA.5404@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Is there any way to get a virtual machine to recognize a device for which
> the guest OS has no driver?
No: http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#8


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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