Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 17:29:11 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <20160705172911.39eb85ec@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB09744511B04DD7E41AAB6A33F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974C9E557F7FEBCA7D7B4FCF6380@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnn3gOXAj8jAxqGqy0z0kcEFUf5jvixgO9pwGw_g=uNBg@mail.gmail.com> <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB09744511B04DD7E41AAB6A33F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 14:15:32 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: >> Why not mount the USB stick on the FreeBSD host system (or even >> have Gnome automount it), then make the mount directory accessible >> to the "Windows" guest through localhost FTP, localhost SAMBA, or >> another means of virtual network? >> >> It sounds so stupid - it could actually work! ;-) >> > >Sounds a bit far-fetched and would anyway need to be implemented all >over again every time I install FreeBSD. It was already mentioned that virtualbox provides shared folders. Where other virtual machines require to set up SAMBA, virtualbox provides the shared folders, just a few mouse clicks away.
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