Hyper-V does not virtualize USB ports. Therefore, if you use an answer
file to install your server, you must place a copy of the answer file on
a virtual drive in the virtual machine.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd239204.aspx
Greg
From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Catch 22, Hyper-V and SBS 2008
We were planning on starting our migration to SBS 2008 today on to our
new Hyper-V based setup. We've moved our aging VMware setup to Hyper-V
recently, and are now looking at replacing the old SBS 2003 box here
with a new SBS 2008 virtual box.
However one thing slipped passed us. The answer file for SBS2008 is
required to be on a USB stick/drive, but Hyper-V doesn't support host
USB devices it would appear (something I Have to admit I wasn't aware
of).
Is there a work around for this?
The only thing I can think of is to create an ISO with the answer file
on, which is fine, but I was hoping that there would be a 'proper' way
of accessing the USB ports from a virtual box.
Olly
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