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Wed, 6 Jul 2016 12:21:52 +0000 From: Manish Jain To: Bernt Hansson CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Thread-Topic: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Thread-Index: AQHR1ky9tDiDPI7/Xk+b2eFoXr8cLKAJW1qAgAAGDgCAAIFAAIAANZ+AgAE89AA= Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 12:21:52 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=softfail (sender IP is 10.152.0.60) smtp.mailfrom=hotmail.com; bananmonarki.se; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;bananmonarki.se; dmarc=fail action=none header.from=hotmail.com; received-spf: SoftFail (protection.outlook.com: domain of transitioning hotmail.com discourages use of 10.152.0.60 as permitted sender) x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-eopattributedmessage: 0 x-forefront-antispam-report: CIP:10.152.0.60; 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Is there any way I can use a CD/DVD just as a part of the >> regular filesystem ? If that is possible, the need for USB support in >> vbox would largely be mitigated. >> >> Is there any other non-USB device which can fill in the need to make >> shared data available to the guest machine ? IOMEGA floppies I think are >> no longer used, but if there is something which provides seamless >> access, I would not mind buying some hardware to solve the problem for >> good (considering the magnitude of the problem, make that 'for very >> good'). >> >> Thanks for any tips. > Perhaps this is worth a try. > > http://linux.bytesex.org/misc/webfs.html I reconsidered my position. With the USB situation as it is, there is no=20 way I can make the Windows XP vm do anything meaningful. It seems=20 ridiculous that VirtualBox passes on my APC UPS to the vm, but the=20 scanner and printer are not even available for filtering. The pen drive=20 filter is available, but the goddamn thing won't work in the vm.=20 VirtualBox is a pathetic piece of software, in my opinion. I am very=20 glad that I did not get rid of my Windows XP installation - otherwise I=20 would have been left on very marshy grounds if and when I needed Redmond=20 services. --=20 Regards Manish Jain