Virtualbox (was Re: visualbox)

[Ray Leventhal]

Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>     
>>> I am a new user of VB and I am just feeling my way around. I have loaded
>>> VB 3.0 PUEL and it is running Windows XP Pro in Ubuntu 9.04. I would
>>> like to be able to use an external HDD with a USB connection with XP
>>> but, so far, have failed to do so. Should it be possible for a non
>>> technical person like me to do this, please? All help greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>>       
>
> <snip>
>> Please do report back your success...and if you're still having trouble,
>> that too.
>>
>>     
> 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.
>
> Norman
>
>   
Hi Norm,

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?)

If so, can you open the device and browse files? 

-R