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    Wink Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....?

    Quote Originally Posted by frankieus View Post
    Use the "Add Network Place Wizard" in Windows. Follow the wizard and look for you shared folder, add it and you're done.
    Frankieus' hint did the trick for me!

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    Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....?

    VirtualBox has a way to share host file directories with client VMs. Under Windows, it is fairly intuitive. Under Linux client OSes, the steps are less than clear. I don’t know whether they are documented in the users guide or not. I don’t recall it however.

    1. Load the Client OS Extensions.
    2. In Linux Client VM, verify that `lsmod | grep vbox` shows the vboxfs module.
    3. Host: Configure the extension to export a directory – I told it to share d:\Data from my Win7-x64 host as “Data”
    4. Client: sudo mount -t vboxsf Data /Data – yes, the device is just the plain “Data” and it doesn’t show up in /dev like it should.

    Run that last command and BAM, it mounted. I updated the /etc/fstab with the necessary info, dismounted the drive and ran `mount -a` to test it. Joy. The hardest part was learning that vbox doesn't honor the /dev/ directories for the device and that the device name isn't intuitively named (the last 2 characters seem backwards to me).


    This worked for VirtualBox v2.0.4 - v3.x.

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    Re: virtualbox shared folders....?

    Quote Originally Posted by StuipedandUgly View Post
    here's a quick guide
    1. start up virtual box then start up xp
    2. go to the top panel click Devices-->Install Guest Editions
    3. Download and install Guest Editions
    4. Set up your shared folders in virtual box. Example share folder home/Crimthinc
    5. start up windows go to Start-->Run enter cmd and press enter
    6. once in the dos console deal type net use t: \\vboxsvr\Crimethinc(only put in the last folders name on the end of the command for example if you selected a folder under home/Crimthinc/music the command would be net use t: \\vboxsvr\music)

    This should work this is exactly what i did to get mine working its surprising how frustrated I got figuring this out
    Many thanks StuipedandUgly. Worked fine

    Mike

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    Smile Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....?

    Quote Originally Posted by joebeasley View Post
    After installing the additions on the ubuntu guest, start the services. (/etc/init.d/vboxadd start) Then mount with mount -t vboxsf sharename /mountpoint.
    Thanks for this i needed to know the mount prefix of vboxsf to mount the drive in Linux.

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    Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....? Guest:XP Host:Ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by mad-bee:) View Post
    -first Install Guest Additions.It is under the Devices menu on VirtualBox
    -add which folder you want to share from Shared Folders option on Virtualbox
    -open My Network Places on XP click to View workgroup computers
    (it can be different if you changed the default network name)
    -look down to links with the header Other Places
    -you will see Microsoft Windows Network.Click it
    -you will see the Entire Network link and click it
    -look at the page you will see VirtualBox Shared Folder

    it was easy
    THANKS ALOT!!! So easy with this method
    My PC
    Ubuntu user from 18.2.2008
    Oh, my studio and my band

  6. #56
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    Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....?

    Far more simple is that solution :
    https://www.giannistsakiris.com/inde...s-xp-guest-os/
    Just select the folder in the virtualbox shared folders settings dialog box, then use the windows explorer to navigate to browse to entire network > VirtualBox shared folders > \\Vboxsvr > then you can expand all your previously configured shared folders here.

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    Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....?

    >> Added shared folder "home\me\localhost"
    >> installed guest additions / restarted
    >> mapped the shared folder "\\vboxsvr\localhost" as a network drive.

    Presto.

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    Re: [SOLVED] virtualbox shared folders....?

    I know its been a while but (after being unable to make EOS Utility to use the network share, even if it was mounted) I finally ended up with another solution - my netbook I use when controlling the camera in the field is running WinXP, EOSutil saves pictures within the guest machine and after finishing the work, I have a .bat file moving the photos to the host machine. Not charming, but it works ...

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