[GRLUG] VirtualBox question

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:46:20AM -0500, Adam M. Erickson wrote:
> > VirtualBox OSE does not appear to have USB support.  I am running the
> > latest in Debian Squeeze (2.1.4_OSE).  I have the restore partition on a
> > USB drive, ready to copy to the virtual drive, but I cannot access them.
> > I am trying to figure out shared folders.  Once I have the files copied
> > to the virtual drive, I am sure I won't have a problem.
> >
> 
> The newest release seems to be the easiest to control USB
> connectivity. You have to choose in advance what can be accessed by
> the virtual system. If you do not select all or individual usb drives,
> by name, they will not pick them up by the virtual system.
> 
> Make sure you installed the additional tools shared folders and will
> not work with out it.
> 
> I like this new release you do not have to escape the mouse to use it
> on the host system any more.
> 
> - Adam M. Erickson

The version in Debian is the latest release (2.1.4).  It is the Open
Source Edition that has trouble with USB drives.  I could download the
non-OSE version, but I run Debian for a reason.  ;-)
-- 
john-thomas
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