Virtualbox (was Re: visualbox)

Shannon McMackin smcmackin at gmail.com
Mon Jul 6 19:30:26 UTC 2009


On 07/06/2009 02:51 PM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
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>>> Instructions were followed verbatim and the device did not show up in
>>> the sub-menu. What I find puzzling is that a USB scanner showed up and
>>> worked without any problem.
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>> Sorry to hear you're still having trouble.  Before attempting to get the
>> VM to see the USB device, does it enumerate properly on the host Ubuntu
>> system? (meaning is there an icon for the drive on the desktop?)
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> Yes!
>> If so, can you open the device and browse files?
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> Yes!
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> Norman
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Norman,

Is there actually a vm set up on the USB disk or are you trying to 
launch a native winXP install?

Also, is it a VB VM or a VMware VM?





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