virtualbox fans?

[NoOp]

On 07/30/2008 12:01 PM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> NoOp wrote:

> 
>> To set the VBOXSVR folders, you need to define them in Devices|Shared
>> Folders. They can be transient or machine. Note: I use NAT mode, not
>> bridged - all of the machines I can browse are all on the same subnet
>> (192.168.4.xyz) as this (host) machine.
> 
> Did this part - currently shared as "machine", and the testbed is NAT. 
> Testbed is virtual to 10.0.2.x, host is in 10.46.x.x.

VB defaults to 10.0.2.x - here is mine:

C:\Documents and Settings\gg>ipconfig
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.15
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.2
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.2

All of my machines are set for 192.168.x.yyy and the VB guest can browse
those that I share via Samba with no problem. Some are fixed IP's some
are DHCP IP's - all are on the same 192.168.x subnet; I've not tried
putting one on a different subnet to see if I can browse.

> 
> I can say I'm not finding anything other than the label of "virtualbox 
> shared folders" as an icon in entire network, using net use x: 
> \\vboxsvr\sharename (no matter which shared folder name I have tried so 
> far) gives an error...think it's error 67, and trying \\vboxsvr in the 
> address bar in case I can browse like a network share just gives an error.

Devices|Shared Folders|Add|Browse icon - and that should show you your
machine directory/folders. You then add & make permanent or temporary.
The second
o \\VBOXSVR\<another shared folder on this host machine>
that I mentioned earlier is actually the other dualboot WinXP drive that
I have on this machine. So, if it's mounted, you can typically add it.

> 
>> I highly recommend that you also subscribe to the VB mailing list/group:
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Community
>> They do a pretty good job & several of the developers hang out &
>> actually respond on the list (albeit quite often with RTFM section x :-).
> 
> I'll hang on to this mail and check it out later. I don't mind the RTFM 
> pointers if it means finding what Google hasn't given me...so far I'm 
> not getting anywhere with the directions that I've found in the program, 
> off VB site, and from Google! Although I did find some people hinting 
> this may be a bug with 1.6x that started in some 1.5 releases...but 
> nothing definitive so far.
> 

I had an issue when I upgraded from 1.5x to 1.6x. I found that
uninstalling and then reinstalling Client for Microsoft Networks did the
trick for me in Win2KP. See my notes on this bug report:
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1680
[06/27/08 18:28:21 changed by NoOp]