On 02/23/2012 12:17 PM, Dave Close wrote: > Richard Shaw wrote: > >> One thing you didn't mention is if you right clicked on the USB icon >> in the bottom right of the virtual guest window. USB devices don't >> automatically get mapped to the guest unless you set it that way in >> the virtual guest settings. If everything is setup correctly, when you >> right click on the USB icon you should see your device in the list and >> be able to select it. > Thank you !!! That does make the flash disk visible to the guest. > > I had not tried that. Recall I'm usually running the guest headless so > I don't even see that menu. When I started in non-headless mode, it > works. But, while this shows that the pass-through can work, it doesn't > really solve my problem. > > There doesn't appear to be any checkbox in the VBox settings to make > this automatic. And running headless, I won't normally be able to do > it. There must be some command I can run in the guest to accomplish the > same thing as the USB device menu. Perhaps I can put that command in > the guest's rc.local. To attach a usb drive to my system I use... VBoxManage controlvm F16-1 usbattach f6273fd2-4176-43dc-9e5b-11ce45b6b7d4 is that the kind of command you are looking for? -- Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -- Dandemis -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
