Path not available (install Win7 progs inside vbox/ubuntu)

[Petter Adsen]

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 16:09:19 +0200
oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> rehearsing the  problem:
> 
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>> i installed win7 inside a vbox on my ubu 14.04.
> >>>>> Runing fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Now trying to install MS~Office:
> >>>>> I mount the iso file by "mount -o loop office.iso
> >>>>> /shared_folder2win7".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I go inside the cd files and click on setup and get: "path not
> >>>>> available"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Silly problem but i cannot get further.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Have no cd player installed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any tipp?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thx a lot!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Host: ubu 12.04 64 bit
> >>>>> vbox: 4.3.26
> >>>>> Guest: win7 64bit + guest additions
> 
> >
> > Why don't you just mount the ISO "as it is"? Why first mounting and
> > then via sharded folder. Add a (virtual) CD/DVD drive to vbox and
> > everything should work out perfectly.
> 
> 
> The answer above works when i have a iso-image. If i download a .exec
> file from the net i will always have this "Path not found again". It
> must be connected to vbox somehow.
> 
> Can anyone tell that?

I don't use Virtualbox, I only use kvm/qemu now, but I've used VMware
in the past, and it had support for simply dragging and dropping files
to Windows guests - does Virtualbox support that? For this to work in
VMware you had to install the VMware Tools, and I know Virtualbox has
something called Guest Additions - maybe you could check that out?

If absolutely everything else fails, you can get a 30-day free licence
for VMware Workstation from their website, set up your Windows VM
using that, and then use the free (as in beer) VMware Player (which
isn't restricted to 30 days) to run the VM in the future.

IMHO, and I hate advocating a commercial product, but I always liked
VMware Workstation much better than Virtualbox anyways. It also seemed
to have more features and better performance, YMMV.

I'm sorry, but those are the best suggestions I have.

Petter

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