Thanks for pointing that out Michael. This should have made it into player 1.0.3.
** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- [Edgy]External USB Drive no longer accessible in vmware https://launchpad.net/bugs/64468 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs