Virtual USB Drive information

[Griz]

Hello, Thank you for taking time to read my question.

I'd like to know how to assign a serial number to virtual USB drives or request it as a feature.

I love the new virtual USB feature, It's something I've been dreaming of for years.

In the attached screen shot you can see Vbox assign's a model and vendor name but leaves the serial number blank.

Thank you for your time!

[Griz]

Virtual USB read out

[Frank Mehnert]

The serial number of the virtual USB device is 0. This can be changed by modifying the code (see here). But why do you need a non-zero serial number?

[Socratis]

Frank, take a look at the background discussion: ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78974

[Frank Mehnert]

Thanks for the pointer but I still don't get why he needs to change the serial number, and why only the serial number and not the other parameters of the VirtualBox USB MSD?

[Socratis]

I believe because the obsolete software (that required that USB device) was actually looking for that serial number (only?). This is as far as I can remember from a (heavily retracted) post that was made in the related discussion in the forums.

But the gist of the matter is that the OP wanted to change the serial# of a USB-controller-attached HD. There are no VBoxManage commands to do this. So, I suggested to attach the HD to a SATA or IDE controller. Still waiting for the results.