[WorksForMe] Virtualbox 5.2 does not detect the external Hard Drive

Gur · Post by **Gur** » 3. Mar 2018, 01:40

Hello,
I am running Virtual Box 5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04. I am not able to see my external drive and neither able to run my virtual machines from it. My Ubuntu works fine with the hard drive.
Thank You all in advance!

Post by **socratis** » 3. Mar 2018, 11:49

VirtualBox sees what your host sees. I don't expect that you'll find anything in the directory you're looking...

I'd start at the "Computer" level.

Gur · Post by **Gur** » 3. Mar 2018, 19:14

Hello Socratis, Thank You for replying. My Host, ubuntu, is able to detect the hard disk and my VMplayer can do it as well. But i wonder why virtual box is not able to see it.
Thanks again.

Post by **socratis** » 4. Mar 2018, 09:43

I already told you. You're looking in the wrong place. Start at "/", not at "/home/chahal/VirtualBox VMs".

Gur · Post by **Gur** » 5. Mar 2018, 07:44

Thanks a lot for your help. I found it.

Post by **socratis** » 5. Mar 2018, 08:44

Glad you got it going. Marking as [WorksForMe].

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