On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/08/13 12:54, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 01.08.2013 18:43, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni:
>> VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty worthless
>> unless you have a supply of blanks, I
>> don't have many on hand presently. I have been trying to make the USB
>> function work without much success.
>>
>> Googling suggests group/user problems, I have bobg and root listed as
>> vboxusers.
>> The GUI has a USB menu which is always grayed, where I can create a
>> filter, it recognizes the Sandisk flash drive
>> when entered, I click on OK and nothing is saved apparently.
>>
>> Now I've run across something in google that suggests an entry in fstab
>> may be required?
>>
>> Has any one worked through this maze who can tell me how to make it work?
> what package?
> USB support is simply not available for the OSE version
>
>
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22174
>
Ok, I give up, wont waste any more effort on that then but it really
diminishes the usefulness of VB!
Thanks,
Bob
I can read and write to a flash drive without problems. It worked out of the box for me.
I tried to post a screenshot, but it got held up in moderation. In the old versions of
VirtualBox, USB support was in the "guest additions" package, as I remember,
but I haven't had to install that for some time. I can't remember if you are
using the
virtualbox.org package or the one in the repositories, but you may have to
install the exension pack. See:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. But I gotta
say that I didn't have to do this when I installed it using apper. It just worked out
of the box.
billo