Running the latest version of Virtual box 5 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, with Ubuntu 14.04 guests which work fine. I’m looking to mount an 8TB USB3 disk on the guest. I’ve installed the latest extensions pack on the host, and set up the filter for the device. However even after rebooting the host and guests I cannot see the disk in the Ubuntu guest even a ls dev or lsusb commands shows no entries (except for the usb 2 & 3 hub). The usb device did show in the windows explorer of the host when first plugged in, but since I ejected the usb host from windows and installed the expansion pack this no longer occurs as expected so the device should be free for the guest.
Any ideas?
Windows host ubuntu guest no USB3 access
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mpack
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Re: Windows host ubuntu guest no USB3 access
We could have a long and involved discussion about host drivers, guest drivers, and which Ubuntu versions offer USB3 support...
...or you could bypass the whole USB issue by putting a shared folder on the drive.
...or you could bypass the whole USB issue by putting a shared folder on the drive.
Re: Windows host ubuntu guest no USB3 access
sorry putting the files on the host is not an option as I'm looking at some point to migrate this disk to a physical host, so need to be in ext4 or ntfs format.
So a conversation would be good, what am I missing as I think I have covered all the steps required ?
So a conversation would be good, what am I missing as I think I have covered all the steps required ?
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mpack
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Re: Windows host ubuntu guest no USB3 access
Oh, that's easy. Just use a normal virtual drive, located wherever you like. When you want to V2P it, just use any disk imager, running inside the VM and writing the image to the shared folder.
If you insist on struggling with USB then here is a discussion of what I know about getting USB devices working in a VM.
If you insist on struggling with USB then here is a discussion of what I know about getting USB devices working in a VM.
Re: Windows host ubuntu guest no USB3 access
Found the issue, I had not done the step of having the usb device unplugged, then plugging it back in after the boot and the driver installing.
Got anoth er issue now. I had the device working well, and I could reboot the guest and everything still worked including the mounts of the USB3 disk.
However if you reboot the host the usb device is no longer accessible and you have to go through the routine of power cycling the windows machine with the usb disk unplugged, then booting the linux guest and then plugging in the usb device.
Not very good as this is a headless device started with vboxvmservice. I have also checked and this issue happens whether i use vboxvmservice or start the vm from the virtual box manager. I did notice that the windows host had not grabbed the disk.
Any way to fix this or USB access is completely useless.
Got anoth er issue now. I had the device working well, and I could reboot the guest and everything still worked including the mounts of the USB3 disk.
However if you reboot the host the usb device is no longer accessible and you have to go through the routine of power cycling the windows machine with the usb disk unplugged, then booting the linux guest and then plugging in the usb device.
Not very good as this is a headless device started with vboxvmservice. I have also checked and this issue happens whether i use vboxvmservice or start the vm from the virtual box manager. I did notice that the windows host had not grabbed the disk.
Any way to fix this or USB access is completely useless.