Hi Peter & Others,
Thanks for the advice about the 'filters' for USB - I could never
understand what 'filters' were all about.
Tried your suggestion but same result - when I open Windows and
tried to mount the USB stick, there came up an error.
It seems by the VB forum that this has been a bug that was
introduced several versions back, and lots of people are having the
same problem.
So looks like I will just wait and see what is in the next version.
In the meanwhile, I shall continue with Parallels v4 which works
well. The interest in VB is just curiosity, and to see what is
available.
Thanks for the help ... Clyde
On 30/10/2009, at 9:05 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 30/10/2009, at 8:31 AM, Clyde McLennan wrote:
Hi Peter & Others,
I may have been a little premature in saying they have fixed the
problem in 3.0.10. Its seems a little dependent on the USB stick.
Some work, and some don't.
Clyde McLennan
Try the old way: with the problem USB stick mounted on your Mac, run
Virtual Box and without launching the Virtual Machine, click the
"Settings" icon then choose "Ports" in te Settings interface. Make
sure the "Enable USB Contoller" checkbox is ticked, as well as the
"Enable USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller". You then have to click on the
"Add New USB Filter" (the second of those funny little unlabelled
icons running down the righthand side of the window). This will show
a list of available USB devices, one of which should be the USB
stick in question. Choose it and it will appear in the list of USB
Device Filters. Click OK.
Start your Virtual Machine and Windows should now recognise the new
device. This procedure has always worked for me. No where near as
transparent as Parallels 4, but then it's just one of the reasons
that Virtual Box is free and P4 isn't.
--
Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948
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