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I'm running Uuntu Hardy, v.8.04 and I have downloaded the recommended verso 2.2 for Hardy. I have set up a virtual machine named WinXP but when i try to start the VM with the start icon I receive the following;


Failed to start the virtual machine WinXP.
Cannot open host device '/dev/sdb' for read/write access. Check the permissions of that device ('/bin/ls -l /dev/sdb'): Most probably you need to be member of the device group. Make sure that you logout/login after changing the group settings of the current user (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).
Unknown error creating VM (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

I have tried the Ubuntu list and forum to no avail.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Read the FAQ and Linux HOWto's.

vbox4me2 wrote:Read the FAQ and Linux HOWto's.

I did, to no avail.

Add yourself to the vboxusers group in Ubuntu.

Perryg wrote:Add yourself to the vboxusers group in Ubuntu.

did that right off the bat.

Did you log out? You can't change the group permissions of your active session (there is a workaround if you do "su - $USER" in the shell, it'll be a new login, so you would be able to run VirtualBox, but it's a lot easier to just log out entirely).

chungy wrote:Did you log out? You can't change the group permissions of your active session (there is a workaround if you do "su - $USER" in the shell, it'll be a new login, so you would be able to run VirtualBox, but it's a lot easier to just log out entirely).

Actually, I have even clod booted since that time.

I kept poking around and the problem was my USB Floppy Drive. I do not run an internal and as soon as I deactivated the flppy from te VM it loaded my Windows and it's solved. Thank you for your help.