14 Aug 2025

[Howto] QEMU add usb device (host: Linux, guest: windows)

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host system:Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64Debian 6.12.38-1 guest system:windows 10 host requirement:you must have read/write access to the corresponding linux usb-device-file.plug in the usb-device, check last dmesg output and read the corresponding USB bus and device number./dev/bus/usb/001/011(e.g. device-file for USB-device connected to bus … Continued

17 Jan 2025

[Howto] QEMU virtio-scsi: raw passthrough internal dvd-drive

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/dev/sg0 = internal dvd-drive (sg0 = generic scsi, don’t use /dev/sr0 or /dev/cdrom) source: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8810385.html?sid=4d2c578cda12c941e278258e3e52b276 Now the drive will appear correctly by it’s name (e.g. ASUS DRW-24D1ST) on the SCSI controller in Windows.