[SOLVED] Unable to mount usb in XP on Virtual Box

Hi

I'm running windows XP on Virtual Box in Ubuntu 8.10.... i've tried everything i can think of... please help me.

Hi

I'm running windows XP on Virtual Box in Ubuntu 8.10.... i've tried everything i can think of... please help me

The OSE version doesn't provide usb support, so if you are using that you are ](*,). Go to sun/innotek site and download the proprietry 'free for home use' version. Then follow this. It's about a year old, but still works as far as I know.

you can download the latest Virtualbox from their server here:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your /etc/apt/sources.list with the command:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

then add one of these lines to the end:

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free

The Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can add this key with

sudo apt-key add sun_vbox.asc

or combine downloading and registering:

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

The key fingerprint is

AF45 1228 01DA D613 29EF  9570 DCF9 F87B 6DFB CBAE
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key) <info@virtualbox.org>

once Virtualbox is installed, and you've installed your OS in there, you need to run the VirtualBox Guest Additions to make usb & network work

Threads merged and moved :)

I would recommend this guide: http://productivelinux.com/2008/11/09/how-to-get-usb-working-in-virtual-box-on-ubuntu-intrepid-ibex/

It really helped me