Here are the steps. First you need to have VB Guest addons in your guest OS. This is applicable to all Guest OS in VB.
1) Install the VirtualBox Guest Addons. This can be done after you start linux. From VB menu (not from the main window), there is a link to it. This action will show a Addons CD in your Linux desktop. Right-click the CD and auto start. This will install addons. 2) Shut down your Linux. 3) From Guest OS settings in VB add a folder which you need to share. Give a shorter name for the share. 4) Start your Linux guest OS. 5) From terminal create a folder called "<type something>" under /mnt 6) Type "sudo mount -t vboxsf folder-name /mnt/<type something>" 7) Bingo!!! you got that shared folder loaded. You know what, I had this problem a couple of days back. I fixed it myself. Also see http://www.giannistsakiris.com/index.php/2008/04/09/virtualbox-access-windows-host-shared-folders-from-ubuntu-guest/. I got this link from googling with "virtualbox shared folders ubuntu" as keywords. HTH Guru Prasath On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:21 PM, narendra babu <[email protected]>wrote: > > hi all , > > I have installed latest virtual box on my Windows Xp machine . > > on top of it i have installed linux ( ubuntu ) inside virtual box as guest > os , but i need to share my windows folder to work inside the ubuntu os . > > > I tried some methods of net use , vbox , vboxmanage nothing is working . > > COuld any body please help me how i can share my windows ( Host OS ) > folder in virtual box . > > Thanks in advance > > Thanks and regards > Narendra > > > > See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out > Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
