access virtual xp shares through ubuntu 11.10

[Robert R]

Hi i currently have ubuntu 11.10 installed and would like to know how can i access shares on a xp virtual machine. The vm is installed on virtual box. can anyone help i can ping the machine but just dont know where to start to access shares on the vm.

[PhantomTurtle]

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-627847.html. Also I think you need to be in the vbox users group to do this. Here is a tutorial: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/get-y...work-with.html

[anejo]

Make sure you have the vbox guest additions installed on the XP instance.
You say that you want to access shares on XP... I am assuming that you want to have access to those files in Linux?

[Robert R]

Make sure you have the vbox guest additions installed on the XP instance.
You say that you want to access shares on XP... I am assuming that you want to have access to those files in Linux?

Yes i would like to create a share so i can pass files from linux to the vm xp and vice versa

[haqking]

its called shared folders

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch0...#sharedfolders

[anejo]

So... did the link at vbox.org help you?
The process is real simple but if you want the setup steps again, just ask...