Access to folders inside V-Box
sdavmor
sdavmor at systemstheory.net
Sun Aug 2 17:45:18 UTC 2009
Chris Mohler wrote:
>> I am not sure I understood shared folder right. I read the Virtual Box manual and understood that the shared folder is in the Host's filesystem that could be read from inside the V-Box's Windows XP guest. I looked for vice versa ... reading folders inside the Windows XP from the Host side. I looked for it somewhere else in the manual, but I couldn't find it. Did I miss it?
>
> Here is a relevant discussion:
> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=4748
>
> But I (personally) would be hesitant to make any changes to a mounted
> .vdi image. For me, accessing a shared folder from the guest OS (XP)
> works well enough, and without any hitches. I have XP map a network
> drive on startup and then put a link on the XP desktop for easy
> access...
>
> Chris
That's what I do too. I keep very little information inside the .vdi.
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