There is no reason to dual boot windows / linux. Windows can be made to view both of these connections with the correct drivers, and communication software. Virtual machine software also generally allows the host OS to pass control of the hardware into it as well.
However, you need to be more clear as to what you're trying to achieve. puTTY, can be made to communicate with the serial debug output from within windows its self. As can the USB<-> serial gadget. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:26 PM, 'Mark Lazarewicz' via BeagleBoard < [email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like Virtual Machine isnt hosting your USB drivers which is one > reason many people avoid them > > teraterm is one option or > > roll the dice > > turn your windoze box into a dual boot win8/Ubuntu > > If you cant do that correctly(requires knowledge of using google) and > brick it you can always > > wipe it clean and make it a native linux box > > Uhmm your welcome > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2014 2:39 PM > *Subject:* [beagleboard] BBB and virtual box > > Hi, > > I want to connect my BBB to my Virtual machine, based on Linux debian > wheezy. My host is Windows 8. But I have a problem to communicate with it. > I have an USB Cable to power up my BBB and an another cable with 3 pins > (GND, RX ,TX) to dialog with it with GTKterm. I see the peripheric USB but > when i click on it, this message appears : > "*USB device Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller is busy with > a previous request*" > What can i do to fix it? > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
