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 -- G2 Support Online Backups Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.g2support.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~