Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.08.2013 22:58, schrieb Bill Oliver: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 01.08.2013 21:35, schrieb Bill Oliver: >>> I don't understand your complaint -- that there's a config directory *and* >>> a disk directory? I don't find that an >>> overwhelming burden. >>> The command "c

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/08/13 14:42, Reindl Harald wrote: * insert the iso-image in the virtual CD drive * select to boot from CD in the *virtual BIOS* nobody burns iso images to a physical media for use them in any VM google: "virtualbox CD iso image" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oobxm02UrBE Ok, that was wh

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bill Oliver
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 01.08.2013 21:35, schrieb Bill Oliver: On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 01.08.2013 21:02, schrieb Bill Oliver: One more note. As I've mentioned before, I do a full wipe and installation periodically on my machines. This can be a has

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.08.2013 21:35, schrieb Bill Oliver: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 01.08.2013 21:02, schrieb Bill Oliver: >>> One more note. As I've mentioned before, I do a full wipe and installation >>> periodically on my machines. This can >>> be a hassle if one is left re-installin

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.08.2013 21:02, schrieb Bill Oliver: > One more note. As I've mentioned before, I do a full wipe and installation > periodically on my machines. This can > be a hassle if one is left re-installing other virtual OSs as well. I have > found that, with VirtualBox, I can > simply back up the

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.08.2013 20:31, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: > On 01/08/13 13:18, Joachim Backes wrote: >>> Ok, I give up, wont waste any more effort on that then but it really >>> diminishes the usefulness of VB! >>> >> Did you install the Vbox extension pack? It's needed for USB access, even in >> the OSE

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/01/2013 11:43 AM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty > worthless unless you have a supply of blanks, I don't have many on hand > presently. I have been trying to make the USB function work without much > success. > >

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bill Oliver
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 01.08.2013 21:02, schrieb Bill Oliver: One more note. As I've mentioned before, I do a full wipe and installation periodically on my machines. This can be a hassle if one is left re-installing other virtual OSs as well. I have found that, with

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bill Oliver
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Bill Oliver wrote: I can read and write to a flash drive without problems. It worked out of the box for me. I tried to post a screenshot, but it got held up in moderation. In the old versions of VirtualBox, USB support was in the "guest additions" package, as I rememb

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bill Oliver
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/08/13 12:54, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 01.08.2013 18:43, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty worthless unless you have a supply of blanks, I don't have many on hand prese

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread David
On 8/1/2013 2:31 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/08/13 13:18, Joachim Backes wrote: >>> Ok, I give up, wont waste any more effort on that then but it really >>> diminishes the usefulness of VB! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Bob >>> >> >> Did you install the Vbox extension pack? It's

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Klaus-Peter Schrage
Am 01.08.2013 20:31, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA: I have the Fedora 19 DVD iso saved to my NFS. I can't seem to find any way to make it install from that either short of saving it to a DVD firs and don't know where to find answers to these questions. Perhaps I don't have the rig

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/08/13 13:18, Joachim Backes wrote: Ok, I give up, wont waste any more effort on that then but it really diminishes the usefulness of VB! Thanks, Bob Did you install the Vbox extension pack? It's needed for USB access, even in the OSE version! Joachim Backes No, I didn't know it e

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.08.2013 18:43, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: > > VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty worthless > unless you have a supply of blanks, I > don't have many on hand presently. I have been trying to make the USB > function work without much success. > > Googling su

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Joachim Backes
On 08/01/2013 07:08 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/08/13 12:54, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 01.08.2013 18:43, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty worthless unless you have a supply of blanks, I don't have many on hand pr

Re: VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/08/13 12:54, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 01.08.2013 18:43, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty worthless unless you have a supply of blanks, I don't have many on hand presently. I have been trying to make the USB function work without

VirtualBox and the USB flash drive -

2013-08-01 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
VirtualBox defaults to using the CDROM/DVD drive which is pretty worthless unless you have a supply of blanks, I don't have many on hand presently. I have been trying to make the USB function work without much success. Googling suggests group/user problems, I have bobg and root listed as vb