SD Card Reader not detected

bevo · Post by **bevo** » 27. Apr 2008, 20:44

My Thinkpad T61 has a build in Cardreader.

The Linuxsystem (SIDUX) as well as native WindowsXP detect this SD-Reader.

WindowsXP as guest does not see this hardware at all.

WindowsXP native describes this reader as SD-Standard-Cardreader so it is not a USB device.

USB devices are supported and no problem in my guest WindowsXP.

bevo

lengo · Post by **lengo** » 17. Sep 2008, 07:59

Wow, no replies? Same situation here: T61, built-in SD card reader, recognised in host Ubuntu 8.04 but not in guest WinXP. Any ideas for how to detect / enable / configure? Thanks.

Post by **vkov_tinsky** » 17. Sep 2008, 16:05

Access to built-in card readers cannot be forward to the guest. You will have to use e.g. Shared Folders or SMB (in both cases you'll have to mount your card under the host OS first.

Regards,
VT

Post by **Sasquatch** » 17. Sep 2008, 20:03

See the VirtualBox FAQ. Guest systems see nothing of the Host hardware.

lengo · Post by **lengo** » 17. Sep 2008, 23:33

vkov_tinsky wrote:Access to built-in card readers cannot be forward to the guest. You will have to use e.g. Shared Folders or SMB (in both cases you'll have to mount your card under the host OS first).

The card is mounted on boot into Ubuntu (i.e., it is automatically recognised). I already have a Shared Folder between Ubuntu host and Windows guest using the following code in Windows guest:

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net use x:\\vboxsvr\sharedfolder

To "share my SD card, would I just find the path of my SD card in Ubuntu (something like /media/SD_4GB) and issue a command something like:

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net use y:\\vboxsvr\media\SD_4GB

? Is it possible to have multiple Shared Folders? I mean, vboxsvr doesn't get confused? [Sorry, I don't know how it all works 'underneath' . . . ] Obviously, any pointers would be most welcome!

Post by **vkov_tinsky** » 17. Sep 2008, 23:51

Yes, you can have multiple shared folders.

Assuming your SD card is mounted you could do something like this:

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VBoxManage sharedfolder add "My VM Name" -name "sdShare" -hostpath /media/sdwhatever

And then mount it under windows

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net use x:\\vboxsvr\sdShare

Please read section 4.5 in the manual about this.

Regards,
VT