Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 14:15:32 +0000 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <VI1PR02MB09744511B04DD7E41AAB6A33F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <VI1PR02MB0974C9E557F7FEBCA7D7B4FCF6380@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnn3gOXAj8jAxqGqy0z0kcEFUf5jvixgO9pwGw_g=uNBg@mail.gmail.com> <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 07/05/16 12:02, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 08:10:49 +0200, CeDeROM wrote: >> The USB support on VirtualBox is highly unreliable and version >> dependant - it works with some releases and with some releases it does >> not work as expected - not only on FreeBSD (I also use OSX version). >> This is really annoying when USB stops working after an update to a >> new version and you depend on this USB access with your work :-( > > Just an idea: > > 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=20 over again every time I install FreeBSD. Just wondering if this is possible - I remember there was an application=20 (Nero, I think) - which made it possible to copy/paste to CD/DVD RW from=20 Explorer itself, without the need to actually burn it via a CD/DVD=20 frontend. Is there any way I can use a CD/DVD just as a part of the=20 regular filesystem ? If that is possible, the need for USB support in=20 vbox would largely be mitigated. Is there any other non-USB device which can fill in the need to make=20 shared data available to the guest machine ? IOMEGA floppies I think are=20 no longer used, but if there is something which provides seamless=20 access, I would not mind buying some hardware to solve the problem for=20 good (considering the magnitude of the problem, make that 'for very good'). Thanks for any tips. --=20 Regards Manish Jain
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