[Leaplist] for the OSx users

[Carter Manucy]

Dan Cherry wrote:

> I'll give it a try.  (the card is in a small reader on a usb port, so 
> there may not be a problem).  Still worth a try.
> again,


If what you're saying is that it's just a "USB dongle" or other type of 
USB device, it could well work.  Prime example is my Minolta 2400W 
printer... it's USB only, and the support under Linux is dismal at best 
(think "WinModem" but with a printer instead of a modem).  I ended up 
having to attach the printer to a USB 1.0 hub to knock down the transfer 
rate, but I'm able to pass the USB device onto my W2K3 server VM, which 
then shares the printer on the network.

There's more than one way to skin a cat :)

One 'gotcha' I still have is that the Linux host will take control of 
the USB device before I can give it to the host... so I have to rmmod 
the USB printer driver for it before I can pass it off to the VM.  In 
thinking about your situation, you might not have that as a problem if 
Linux doesn't recognize the device... if it can't load a module for it, 
that should leave it free to be used by any VM.

-Carter