Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:
>
> But I'd agree with others here that the odds of this all working are
> very much against you. WINE and QEMU are both extra layers that have
> pretty dodgy support for what you're doing. WINE's hardware USB
> support isn't clearly documented, but might be mainly geared at
> things like game controllers which are HID devices. HIDs work more
> simply than other USB devices like your HDD.
>
> If you set up a real Windows installation in QEMU, that gives you
> a bit more likelihood of success, but I still wouldn't bet on it.
>

My understanding of what's easy to do is clearly naive.

Thanks for bringing me down to earth 8-(

bob prohaska

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