USB: 2 problems and a suggestion
Posted: 10. Sep 2010, 09:39
Hi.
I searched in FAQ and forum but I haven't found anything useful.
Btw, in this section of the forum the search for the word "usb" returned 0 results, which is surprising...
I have Windows XP Pro x86 SP3 (latest updates), using VirtualBox 3.2.8-64453 and trying to use the same type of OS as guest.
I tried to see a USB stick (Kingston Data Traveler 2.0 USB Device, 1GB) in Guest OS but it didn't work.
I even tried to add it as filter. Some driver was installed in host OS but still couldn't see the stick in Guest OS.
What should I do..?
In VirtualBox you can't set USB as boot device.
So I tried a different aproach. I followed these instructions:
On my computer I replaced # with 1.
I added usb.vmdk as a IDE drive and tried to boot from it. Sometimes is working, sometimes is not. For example if I use WinToFlash to try to install Windows from USB stick, is not booting, but on the real computer is working 100%.
Is there anything that could be done..?
My suggestion is: could you please add "USB HDD/Stick" as boot device...? Thank you.
Best regards, Peter
I searched in FAQ and forum but I haven't found anything useful.
Btw, in this section of the forum the search for the word "usb" returned 0 results, which is surprising...
I have Windows XP Pro x86 SP3 (latest updates), using VirtualBox 3.2.8-64453 and trying to use the same type of OS as guest.
I tried to see a USB stick (Kingston Data Traveler 2.0 USB Device, 1GB) in Guest OS but it didn't work.
I even tried to add it as filter. Some driver was installed in host OS but still couldn't see the stick in Guest OS.
What should I do..?
In VirtualBox you can't set USB as boot device.
So I tried a different aproach. I followed these instructions:
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# Open a command prompt cmd.exe (run as admin in Vista/Win7)
# Type cd "%programfiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox"
# Type the following (replace # with your USB Disk number from step 2)
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "%USERPROFILE%"\.VirtualBox\usb.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive# -registerI added usb.vmdk as a IDE drive and tried to boot from it. Sometimes is working, sometimes is not. For example if I use WinToFlash to try to install Windows from USB stick, is not booting, but on the real computer is working 100%.
Is there anything that could be done..?
My suggestion is: could you please add "USB HDD/Stick" as boot device...? Thank you.
Best regards, Peter