Even though Virtual Box allows you to enter lot of information for USB device configuration you really don’t have to worry about it if you just want to access the selected device.īefore going to actual configuration ensure that the USB device you want access from guest is connected. The procedure remains same for other USB devices as well. Thanks mbuotidem fo r letting me know about this missing piece of information.įor this post I will show you how you can use the USB Thumb Drive connected to host USB port from guest OS. Please refer to VirtualBox Editions page for more information. Note that the open source edition does not provide USB support. VirtualBox is distributed in both closed source (binary) and open source (GPL V2) editions.
Sometime back I explained how to use the host serial port from guest os in VirtualBox, In this post I will explain you how to use the host USB device from the guest.
