On 05/25/2011 06:14 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: [snip] >> >> For the record. >> >> Tried and it is very nice. The 4.0.6 version with extpack uses the GPL >> vbox (source). >> >> All usb devices on the gentoo host are visible on a Windows7 guest. The >> problem I am facing now is that the Windows7 virtual machine tries to >> install drivers for the USB devices and it fails. Not sure what is going >> on... It may be an issue with USB 1.0 versus 2.0? >> >> >> -- >> Valmor > > Hi Valmor, > Good to know it at least gets you 1 step further in the right direction. > > As for Win 7 installing USB drivers is there an option to not > install it automatically and then you go look for the right driver and > install it by hand? > > One other possibility might be that either Linux or another VM is > claiming the device and hence it's not responding correctly to the > driver install. i typically run 3 VMs every day - 2 VMPLayer/XP and 1 > virtualbox/Win 7. I've noted that I have to be a little careful to > ensure the VMs don't interfere with each other WRT USB devices. > > Good luck figuring it out. Please post back if you find interesting info. > > Cheers, > Mark >
I think you are in the right track as far as a race between host and guest for claiming the device. It is not the driver installation that is the problem. The driver is installed and Windows7 says it is the latest driver. The problem is that at the end of the installation W7 tries to mount/start the device and that is when things do not work. The status of the device is listed as This device cannot start. (Code 10) There is quite a bit on the web on the "Code 10" error. Still investigating... fdisk -l on the gentoo host lists the device if the guest is not running. As soon as the guest boots, the device is not listed by fdisk -l, this means that things are at least going in the right direction. The vbox manual says that the device should be hidden from the host once the guest gets a hold of it. -- Valmor
