Access to folders inside V-Box

[Fred Roller]

On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 10:45 -0700, sdavmor wrote:
> 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.
> -- 


Same here.  Also, I attach my network adapter to host (as opposed to
NAT) for availability to other systems other than host.


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