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dwasifar
April 4th, 2008, 04:40 PM
Two things.

1) I installed VMWare server under Gutsy and looked to the advice in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=731001 to make USB work in vmware. That fixes it in vmware but also seems to disable auto-mounting in Ubuntu. Perhaps the USB drive is mounted SOMEWHERE but I can't find it.

2) Is there a way to deliberately make the vmware server present a time and date to the virtual machine that is unconnected to the actual hardware time and date? I'd like a virtual machine that thinks time has stopped when it's "off," and picks up timekeeping at the same moment it left off when it's turned back "on." Is there a way to achieve that?

dwasifar
April 12th, 2008, 12:22 AM
Solved the first issue. Apparently VMware steals the USB when it starts. That's why I couldn't see it, because VMware was running.

The second issue, I found another way to do what I want without screwing with dates.

Junkieman
May 21st, 2008, 08:16 AM
The second issue, I found another way to do what I want without screwing with dates.

Hi, please can you explain a few details how you solved this? I have the same issue.

Thanks :)