I read the stuff below too but I could not get it to work. I am guessing though that my interpretation may be incorrect. I really would like this to work so if someone wants to hold my hand I would appreciate it.
Wesley Parish wrote: >> file sharing between host and guest? > Documentation: > http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html > "`-n script' > Set TUN/TAP network init script [default=/etc/qemu-ifup]. This script > is > launched to configure the host network interface (usually tun0) > corresponding to > the virtual NE2000 card." > etc > > "`-smb dir' > When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB server > so > that Windows OSes can access to the host files in `dir' transparently. In > the > guest Windows OS, the line: > > 10.0.2.4 smbserver > > must be added in the file `C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS' (for windows 9x/Me) or > `C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS' (Windows NT/2000). Then `dir' can > be > accessed in `\\smbserver\qemu'. Note that a SAMBA server must be installed > on > the host OS in `/usr/sbin/smbd'. QEMU was tested succesfully with smbd > version > 2.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3." > > I haven't been running qemu for long enough to have got a handle on the > network > options. my bad. -- Robert Fisher FishNet Computer & Electrical Services www.fisher.net.nz 03 3835807 027 477 3356
