virtualbox fans?

[Mario Spinthiras]

Shared folders works out of the box. If you install the extensions on winxp
, it seems to run just fine. I found a little folder in my network places
that simply said something like "vbox shared folders"and when i clicked in
there everything I shared was as it was configured. Have you looked in the
right places?.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:27 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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 <http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1680%5B06/27/08> 18:28:21
> changed by NoOp]
>
>
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Warm Regards,
Mario A. Spinthiras
http://www.spinthiras.net/
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