http://grok.lsu.edu/Rss/WeeklyArticles.xml New GROK articles, updated hourly. en-us 60 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:01 GMT The Floppy and CD/DVD-ROM settings show what VirtualBox is providing to the guest operating system of the virtual machine. If the Mount checkbox is unchecked in either of these two categories, there will be no recognized media available to... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13783 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13783 The Hard Disks tab allows users to connect virtual hard disk images to your virtual machine. Two IDE controllers are offered by VirtualBox with both having a master and slave connection. There are three potential hard disks to be used, since the... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13761 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13761 This service allows anyone with an LSU telephone extension to have their mobile phone simultaneously ring. This feature can be controlled by the user. 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