OT: how to simulate USB on a windows virtual box guest

Mike Clarke jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk
Mon Apr 13 10:32:10 UTC 2015


On Monday 13 Apr 2015 10:33:41 Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:26+0100, Mike Clarke wrote:
> > On Monday 13 Apr 2015 00:43:25 Michael Powell wrote:
> > > Download and install VirtualBox 4.3.26 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension
> > > Pack
> > > from:
> > > 
> > > https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> > > 
> > > Make sure version matches.
> > 
> > It should also be noted that the extensions should be installed on the
> > guest, not the host.
> 
> What?
> 
> I hope you are not confusing the USB/PXE extension pack with the
> client piece, emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions.

Well I was thinking of the client side additions. On my Windows clients I just 
download and install them using the "Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD 
Image" menu in the VirtualBox client window.

I have emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions installed on my FreeBSD guests.

-- 
Mike Clarke


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