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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

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.

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

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

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:
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:
? 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!

Yes, you can have multiple shared folders.

Assuming your SD card is mounted you could do something like this: And then mount it under windows Please read section 4.5 in the manual about this.

Regards,
VT