Hi Greg, many thanks for that tip. Will give it a try. Christian
On 2008-03-20 at 17:02 Gregory Nowak wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Yes. I've only done this from a windows host, but the procedure should >be the same > >1. Start your vm. > >2. On the host's command-line, type something like: > >vboxmanage controlvm vmname dvdattach vboxguestadditions.iso > >where vmname is the name of your virtual machine, and the guest >additions iso is named vboxguestadditions.iso, which is the case in >the windows version of virtualbox. Also, you'll need to specify the >full path to the iso if it isn't in your current directory >(I.E. /home/user/myfiles/vboxguestadditions.iso). I don't know where >the gnu/linux version of virtualbox stores the iso, so I can't help >you there. > >This iso will be presented to the vm until you shut the vm down. The >windows guest should autorun it once it has been inserted. You could >also do this a different way by registering the image, configuring it >as your virtual machine's dvd drive, and starting with it already >loaded, but I think the method I just described is easier, and the >advantage of it is that windows will autorun the installer, which will >not happen if you boot with the iso image already attached. Hth. > >Greg > > >On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:46:59AM +0100, Christian wrote: >> Hi JD, >> Many thanks for your reply. >> Since I am starting the vm from the gnome-terminal with VirtualBoxSL is >> it possible to start the installation of addons from the command line as >> well? >> Many thanks, >> Christian >> > > >- -- >web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >skype: gregn1 >(authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > >- -- >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFH4vsT7s9z/XlyUyARAgDxAKCm7F+AAo93VkFmfMgyFSUaG5OI9ACbBo/u >X0uV8aPaa+12sklETd4PrsM= >=e0Ul >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >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
