Virtualbox (was Re: visualbox)

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 21:12 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > As a workaround, set up a shared drive for the XP virtual.

> Thanks for your idea but, to a not very technical person like me this
> seems really complicated I think I will drop the idea and think of
> something else.

It's really not as complicated as it sounds, and you only have to do it
once.

- stop the guest
- make a directory like vbshare in your home directory
- in the main VB dialog, select the XP guest
- click on Setting
- click on "Shared folders"
- click on the green "plus" icon
- type "/home/norman/vbshare" into the "Folder Path" field
- type "vbshare" into the "Folder Name" field
- click OK
- click OK again
- start the guest
- in the guest, mount "\\vboxsvr\vbshare" as (say) the Z: drive

Obviously you should replace "norman" above with your actual user ID on
the host.

I can't remember exactly how you mount a network drive in Windows, but
it's something like My Computer -> Tools -> Mount network drive, then
select a drive letter and type "\\vboxsvr\vbshare" into the other field.

Once you've done all this, you will be able to drag and drop files from
your USB drive into the vbshare subdirectory and the guest will see them
straight away. Likewise, anything you put on the Z: drive in the guest
will be immediately visible on the host in the vbshare subdirectory.

Give it a go! You'll learn something seriously useful, and you'll be
able to transfer the files you need.

Regards, K.

PS: You do have to have installed the guest additions in VB to be able
to do all this. That too is very straightforward, just follow the VB
instructions.

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