Upgrading to 16.04

[Liam Proven]

On 24 August 2016 at 03:49, Peter <petergoggin at bigpond.com> wrote:
> . If I connect a usb storage device this cannot be seen A printer connected
> to the same port that accepted the mouse or the keyboard does not work.


Your reply doesn't clarify -- well, not for me, anyway -- what exactly
you are trying to do that isn't working.

Is it printing?

Google offers:

http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/can-print-virtualbox-host-attached-printer/

In brief:

* set up the VM with bridged networking, so it can see the host on the
same network
* test with Ping both ways
* on the host OS, share the printer with the network
* on the guest OS, connect to the network printer

With storage:

* as Ralf says, share it as a folder
* OR dedicate the device to the VM...
e.g.

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/129305/how-can-i-enable-access-to-usb-devices-within-virtualbox-guests

or

http://www.htpcbeginner.com/access-usb-drive-in-virtualbox-guest-os/

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