Oh, I know about those. Still a pain to set up. I'm talking about simply dragging from the host to the guest to copy, or vice-versa.
Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Reinventing the wheel is bad not only because it wastes time, but because reinvented wheels are often square." ---Henry Spencer On Oct 23, 2008, at 6:54 PM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > No, but you can easily create Shared Folders. > > "Lists all shared folders accessible to this machine. Use net use > x: \\vboxsvr\share to access a shared folder named share from a DOS- > like > OS, or mount -t vboxsf share mount_point to access it from a Linux OX. > This feature requires Guest Additions." > > You can make them read-only or grant full access. So, you can > drag-n-drop between your host and the shared folder, anyways. > > Or are you looking for something different? > > Theresa > > >> On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 18:01 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote: >> VirtualBox is nice, except that you can't simply drag files between >> the host & guest to copy ... yet. >> >> You can in Parallels & VMWare, but >> not VirtualBox ... yet. >> >> Only complaint I've had. >> >> Scott >> -- >> R. Scott Granneman >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com >> Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications >> My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books >> >> "What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what >> cozzening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor >> commands me; that against all natural lovings and longings, I so keep >> pushing, and crowding, and jamming myself on all the time; recklessly >> making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst >> not so much as dare?" >> ---Ahab in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, chap. 132, 'The >> Symphony' >> >> On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Robert Citek wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I would like to create virtual machine applications (VM apps) using >>> any of three guest operating systems (Linux, Windows, Solaris). As >>> for a VM host, while my own system will be Linux, I would like to be >>> able to doploy these VM apps to host OSes that can be Linux, >>> Windows, >>> or Solaris. A bonus would be to run OS X, either as guest or host, >>> but not necessary. I've used VMware, bochs, Virtual Box, and >>> Virtual >>> PC in the past and was browsing the various options[1]. >>> >>> What VM software would folks here recommend? What do you like/ >>> dislike >>> about that VM software? >>> >>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines >>> >>> Regards, >>> - Robert >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
