# lsusb | grep -i sandisk Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5583 SanDisk Corp. Ultra Fit # chmod 666 /dev/bus/usb/002/002 # ls -al /dev/bus/usb/002/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Apr 21 16:17 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Apr 21 13:56 .. crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 Apr 21 14:48 001 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 189, 129 Apr 21 16:32 002 add the qemu options: -usb -device usb-host,hostbus=2,hostport=2