Burning DVD's with K3b during vmware is running

[Chris G]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:35:02PM +0100, Joachim Backes wrote:
> fred smith wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:12:22PM +0100, Joachim Backes wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> in F8, if i burn a DVD with K3B during vmware is running, then the 
>>> verification of the burned DVD shows errors (the burning device is my 
>>> vmware CD).
>>>
>>> If I stop vmware before burning, then  burned DVD's are OK.
>>>
>>> Did somebody make similar experiences? And can i prevent from this 
>>> problem unless stopping vmware during burning?
>>
>> Have you tried telling vmware to "disconnect" from that drive?
>
> Hi Fred,
>
> no, but this could be a workaround.
>
It's quite a good idea to have vmware disconnected from CD drives
except when needed anyway. The polling of the CD drive to see if
anything is inserted in the drive is (supposedly) a bit of a time
water.  I have both my CD drives disconnected by default in vmware.

-- 
Chris Green