Hello, First- download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.1.4/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.1.4.iso
If you aren't running 2.1.4, back up in the directory tree on that site to find the version you are running. Next- while your guest OS is running, in the VirtualBox menus above the guest OS window, go to Device | Mount CD/DVD. Browse to the downloaded ISO (in your host OS filesystem). Poof, the CD should mount automagically inside the guest OS. Inside the CD should be several files, among which are- VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run Copy the appropriate version to your HOME (depending on what the GUEST OS is running not the host, the GUEST OS must be running 64bit to use the 64bit version), give it execute permissions (chmod 777 for example), and run it using sudo or directly as root. You may need to install kernel headers, gcc, and possibly a few other dependencies. Once it is done, reboot the guest OS. ---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:19 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:24:12 -0700 > Larry W <[email protected]> dijo: > > > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Right now I'm struggling with the most annoying thing about > > > Virtualbox - getting Guest Additions installed. You can set up shares > > > for your guest OS so it can see your home folder and whatever you > > > want it to see, but the shares are not visible to the guest OS until > > > Guest Additions are installed. And Guest Additions requires an ISO > > > from Sun. And when you download it, it goes into the Desktop. But > > > Virtualbox never looks in the Desktop for the ISO and there is no way > > > to tell it where to look. Gaaah. > > > > Well, when I needed to install Guest Additions for XP, I choose it from > > the menu. The ISO mounts and autostarts. I've not tried with a > > non-Windows guest, but I would expect the ISO would be made visible by > > the server. You can also mount the (any) ISO as a CD. > > The problem I am having is that the Guest Additions ISO must be in the > guest OS's filesystem, specifically either /usr/share/virtualbox/ > or /usr/lib/virtualbox/additions/. The installer can't find it anyplace > else. > > If the guest OS is windows the ISO can be on a CD if the CD drive is > mounted in the guest OS. Then all you have to do is run the EXE on the > CD drive. But Linux requires the ISO in the above folders. At least, I > think that is correct. > > My first problem is that I have the ISO in my home folder. But I did > not at first realize that it was the ISO for installing Guest Additions > for a Windows guest OS. When I tried to copy the ISO off the CD > to /usr/ ... etc... in the Hardy virtual machine all I could see was > various files on the CD, not an ISO. The files were things like > setup.exe - in other words, I had the Windows Guest Addtions. > > I have been googling all over trying to find the ISO or whatever is > needed to install Guest Additions when the guest OS is Linux. So far no > luck. And that makes me think my assumptions must be incorrect. > > I did install Guest Additions for my two Windows guest OSs using the > same CD. > > Still struggling trying to figure out how to install Guest Additions > when the guest OS is Linux. > > Oh, and yes, I could probably just get access to ~/ with a Samba share > but, 1) Samba is buggy and a PITA and, 2) I may need to run OOo in the > guest OS for quite some time and it would be awesomely easier if the > guest OS can just automount my home folder and, 3) I have never > understood Samba worth a damn and, 4) I really don't need any more > computer challenges right now. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
