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[Feature] mount ISO files and optic drives

Open rreyn331 opened this issue 3 months ago • 2 comments

Feature Description

I read through docker and saw it was possible to mount optic drives for use. Would it be possible to add a simpler gui to choose a physical drive to mount with pass-through and also mount ISO files in a virtual drive. I think this would be a good edition to go with the usb pass-through.

Use-Case

To be able to easily install software available on optic disc

Proposed Implementation

i would probably use a GUI in installer like how you use a custom ISO during install to select the drive you'd like to use with winboat but would then have issues for people with winboat already installed and configured

Notice

  • [x] I have checked the issue tracker and verified that this Feature Request has not been proposed before.
  • [ ] I would like to help out implementing this feature

rreyn331 avatar Oct 19 '25 15:10 rreyn331

Is there currently a way to mount ISOs at all virtually inside the OS? For me the system hangs as soon as I try to mount anything on the windows desktop

rzm25 avatar Oct 27 '25 10:10 rzm25

Is there currently a way to mount ISOs at all virtually inside the OS? For me the system hangs as soon as I try to mount anything on the windows desktop

If you refer to having the ISO file inside of the VM and mounting it (from file explorer), yes, I've done it several times. Even an in-place upgrade of windows 10 using an ISO file mounted (for testing purposes).

gaboUTN34 avatar Oct 29 '25 20:10 gaboUTN34