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ramosfet
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_ 		20. January 2009 @ 20:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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?
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Xian
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_ 		8. February 2009 @ 18:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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