Hi , I was just wondering if Parallels (4.0) enables mounting of ext3 virtual hard drives of guest Linux OS. Secondly, I am not able to mount my external USB hard drive in guest os (Linux ) . I understand that NTFS partitions will be mounted as RO, but still.. I get following in the var/log/messages Feb 23 22:13:05 Jays-Mac kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Feb 23 22:13:05 Jays-Mac kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Feb 23 22:13:05 Jays-Mac kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: Vendor: WD Model: 3200BEV External Rev: 1.05 Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: SCSI device sda: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 MB) Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: SCSI device sda: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 MB) Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Feb 23 22:13:10 Jays-Mac kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Feb 23 22:13:13 Jays-Mac udevd-event[3408]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/ioerr_cnt' failed Feb 23 22:13:14 Jays-Mac kernel: sda: sda1 Feb 23 22:13:14 Jays-Mac kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Feb 23 22:13:14 Jays-Mac kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Feb 23 22:13:57 Jays-Mac ntpd[2443]: synchronized to 72.18.205.156, stratum 2 Feb 23 22:20:23 Jays-Mac ntpd[2443]: synchronized to 66.148.71.103, stratum 2 Thirdly I think i am not able to share the info from the clip board when i switch between Mac OS and the guest os while doing copy paste operations ? Any suggestions ? Thanks. -Jay. P.S. 15'' Mac Book Pro 4 GB RAM Parallels 4.0