On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Reginald Beardsley via illumos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have the extension packs for 5.1.30 and 5.2.2. My understanding is > that you install the extension pack AFTER you have installed an OS. > No, you definitely want to install it before the OS. > I have VBox working using Win 7 as the host OS with CentOS as a guest. > Didn't have any problems doing that, so I'm a bit mystified why it won't > work with Hipster as the host. > > I'd really appreciate some information about how well USB access works for > the guests. I really don't want to spend a lot of time sorting out Hipster > and VBox only to find that the USB devices which only have Windows drivers, > won't work with Hipster as the host. I can think of a lot of reasons why > they would not work. I've only recently used it with Linux as a the host but the USB passthrough should be seamless and toggleable on poweron of the VM -- and as long as Windows has drivers for it then it should see it. The extensions enable USB 2 and 3, however, so unless you have a really old USB device then it probably won't be seen unless it has backwards compatibility with USB 1. q.v. https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing ------------------------------------------ illumos-discuss Archives: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/T5b19a1707f1ac16f-M233f3694b13ecfaddffa24fb Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com
