On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Bill Oliver wrote:
I can read and write to a flash drive without problems. It worked out of the
box for me. I tried to post a screenshot, but it got held up in moderation.
In the old versions of VirtualBox, USB support was in the "guest additions"
package, as I remember, but I haven't had to install that for some time. I
can't remember if you are using the virtualbox.org package or the one in the
repositories, but you may have to install the exension pack. See:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. But I gotta say that I didn't
have to do this when I installed it using apper. It just worked out of the
box.
billo
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One more note. As I've mentioned before, I do a full wipe and installation periodically on my machines. This can be a hassle if one is left re-installing other virtual OSs as well. I have found that, with VirtualBox, I can simply back up the ./.VirtualBox directory and the "VirtualBox VMs" directory, and then copy them back into my home directory after the reinstall of Linux. It works great. That way I don't waste hours installing two or three operating systems whenever I install the base Linux. The only problem I've had was a mild graphics incompatibility when moving from an AMD chipset to an Intel one. That took some surgery to the XP registry, though I don't remember exactly what I did any more.
Anyway, if you are re-installing XP every time you install Linux, and you don't want to do it, then there's an easier way.
billo
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