Problem with using USB memory sticks in Linux guest

Xenos said:
Here is a workaround you can currently use to get access to USB devices in Linux VM:

On Leopard, Fedora

1. Connect the USB to your Mac;
2. Open Mac System Preferences -> Sharing and choose Network Sharing from the list of services;
3. Add the USB device and set the account;
4. In Terminal (Applications -> Utilities) run this command: ifconfig - and remember the Mac IP address. You will find it in the "en0" section, "inet" line (for wired connection) or in the "en1" section, "inet" line (for wi-fi connection);
5. Launch your VM and choose "Places" from the Guest OS menu bar, then click "Connect to Server";
6. In "Connect to Server" window set "Windows share" as Service type and copy your Mac IP into the "Server" field, define the User name and the Name to use for connection, click "Connect" button. The USB device folder will get mounted on the Guest OS desktop;
7. Open the mounted folder, click "Places" and Add the bookmark. This will let you to get access to the device quickly each time you need it.
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This works only when the filesystem is supported by MacOSX. I've been trying to access my files on a ext2 filesystem, which isn't really supported under MacOSX. One reason to buy Parallels for me was being able to do that. Unfortunately the evaluation went by too quickly and I didn't test this.

It's a shame, because it's very likely to be comparably easy fixed.
 
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