Thanks Michael, I was thinking of that, but the reason for posting my question was that I have exactly the same issue as Bo Berglund with DHCP. This currently prevents me from using scp. I switch to the other thread now. ;-)
Alex Michael Thayer wrote: > Hello Alex, > > On a Linux host, the easiest way is using scp. Your host should have an > ssh server running on it. If you are connected to the network (and have > set up NAT or host interface networking for the guest), you can just do > scp from the guest to the host, using the address of the host's network > card as seen by the host (usually 192.168.something.something if you are > using a router). If the host has a network interface but is not > connected to a network, you can assign an address to the interface (e.g. > "ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1" on the host) and scp files to and from that > address. > > Regards, > > Michael > > Alex Baer wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> what ways of exchanging data between host and guest are supported in >> VirtualBox OSE (open source edition)? >> >> I'd be glad to just have some way to save data that I create in my guest >> system and transfer them to the host for archiving or further processing. >> This doesn't have to be elegant or comfortable, it just should work. >> >> From the documentation, the web page on the different editions and the >> various newsgroup threads here I would conclude that the open source >> edition currently has no direct support for exchanging data between host >> and guest: >> >> - Clipboard/Drag'n'Drop is not yet functional >> - USB is only supported in the closed source edition >> - CD/DVD writing is experimental (can it be activated in OSE, anyway?) >> - Access to non-virtual host harddiscs is not supported in the OSE >> >> So the question is: How can it be done? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alex >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vbox-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
