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Connecting HDDs and printers to Ubuntu 13.10 guest from W7
Posted: 24. Dec 2013, 08:45
by samtweet
In Vbox Ubuntu 13.10 guest does not see any HDDs or printers either IDE SATA or USB. These are seen in Windows guests as shared items or folders and are immediately available from within the Guest.
When I replicate the USB and Folder settings for Linux, nothing shows up in the Guest.
If I boot into Ubuntu directly as a stand alone OS on a USB stick everything is available without any further settings.
So, my question is, how do I simply make Ubuntu guest "See" the "Host" hardware?
Running VirtualBox 4.3.6 with Guest additions 4.3.6
Re: Connecting HDDs and printers to Ubuntu 13.10 guest from
Posted: 24. Dec 2013, 09:45
by socratis
samtweet wrote:So, my question is, how do I simply make Ubuntu guest "See" the "Host" hardware?
You can't. And that is a good thing™. You shouldn't mess with your host's hardware, except through specific, controlled ways. The way to access a HDD is through "
Shared folders". The way to access USB resources is through "
USB filters". Both links are for the online manual.
Re: Connecting HDDs and printers to Ubuntu 13.10 guest from
Posted: 24. Dec 2013, 11:37
by mpack
A VM is a separate PC - call it PC B.
PC B does not directly operate the hardware of PC A. You can however access PC A's hardware over a network, if PC A serves it up (i.e. the way to access a shared printer is via the network, not move the USB cable from A to B.
Re: Connecting HDDs and printers to Ubuntu 13.10 guest from
Posted: 24. Dec 2013, 20:18
by samtweet
Thank you both for your replies, although the setting are the same for the Windows and Linux guests, the results are quite different. I realise now that it is not a simple task to share folders and printers in Linux with a Windows host. I will again read the relevant manual sections which are heavy on verbiage and light on specifics.
Merry Christmas to you both.
Re: Connecting HDDs and printers to Ubuntu 13.10 guest from
Posted: 24. Dec 2013, 20:46
by Perryg
Network level sharing between Windows and Linux requires samba being installed on the Linux guest. After that it should work as long as the workgroup matches (configurable in samba)
Re: Connecting HDDs and printers to Ubuntu 13.10 guest from
Posted: 25. Dec 2013, 11:33
by mpack
samtweet wrote:I will again read the relevant manual sections which are heavy on verbiage and light on specifics.
Well naturally. It's the VirtualBox user manual, not a networking tutorial - it isn't the job of the VBox manual to cover that stuff at all. If you need a networking tutorial then a web search might be better.