To anyone who has been as disappointed as I about the inability of VirtualBox to see USB flash drives, here is my solution - my hack - of the problem.
It is a pain in the butt but it works. Plug in the USB stick, let udev create the "disk" directory in /media. "mount" will show it mounted as /dev/sda1, but that isn't important to this exercise. Setup Samba server to share /media/disk konqueror file browser to /media, right click on "disk" and select "Share", share it on the web and on the local network and with Samba Go into the XP guest on VirtualBox and "Show network computers" Anyway, the point is to use Samba to share the drive instead of beating your head against the wall with kernel hacks that don't work, etc. It's ugly but it works. So what if I am sharing that drive to the world? If I unplug the drive, it can't be accessed. Also, when I unplug the drive, /media/disk disappears so I think that any security hole disappears with it. YMMV. It works for me. Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
