<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 February 2014 17:32, Randy Jonasz <<a href="mailto:rjonasz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">rjonasz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> On 14-02-18 03:44 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote:<br>
>><br>>> VirtualBox is great if you:<br>>> * Add the host extensions, which give you host filesystem and exotic<br>>> hardware access;<br>><br>> One problem I'm having with Virtual Box is allowing Windows to access USB peripherals. Ubuntu's Unity seems to capture the connection before Windows has a chance. e.g. When I insert a USB drive, the file manager opens in Unity and nothing happens in Windows. Any idea how to let Windows access the drive?<br>
<br>I couldn't remember the exact details, so I checked Wikipedia ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualbox">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualbox</a> ):<br><br>'With version 4 of VirtualBox, released in December 2010, the core package is free software released under GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2). This is the fully featured package, excluding some proprietary components not available under GPLv2. These components provide support for USB 2.0 devices, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) for Intel cards and are released as a separate "VirtualBox Oracle VM VirtualBox extension pack" under a proprietary Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL), which permits use of the software for personal use, educational use, or evaluation, free of charge.'</div>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So host system USB access isn't included by default. You need to install another extension (not the standard "Guest Additions") - I don't know where you get that, although Oracle seems likely. I've been working with VirtualBox some recently at work and have come up against the USB access problem: I thought it was for-pay only. I guess it will be at work, but I can use it at home if I don't mind the non-free license ...<br>
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