VirtualBox/Guest Additions/Windows

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Here we install the Guest Additions[1].

  1. Go to the host operating system. At the top of the VM window, choose Devices >> "Insert Guest Additions CD image...". Then, VirtualBox simulates inserting a CD into the simulated optical drive of the VM.
  2. If you need to eject this, you can either restart the VM or click on Devices >> optical drives >> eject.

NB: to add an additional CD reader or network card, the VM must be halted.

If you didn't add a Windows shared folder into the "configuration" menu of the VirtualBox graphical interface[2], you can do it in DOS with:

VBoxManage sharedfolder add "VMName" --name "SharedName" --hostpath "C:\Users\Public\Documents\SharedFolderPath"

Linux guest

The Guest Additions CD should be read from the guest OS like this[3]:

  1. sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
  2. cd /media/cdrom
  3. sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Then, just mount the Windows folder from Linux[4]:

mkdir ~/vboxshare
sudo mount -t vboxsf SharedName ~/vboxshare

That's it, you can browse your Windows files:

ls ~/vboxshare

References

  1. ↑ VirtualBox manual, "Guest Additions"
  2. ↑ http://www.htpcbeginner.com/mount-virtualbox-shared-folder-on-windows/
  3. ↑ http://superuser.com/questions/950431/how-to-install-virtual-box-guest-additions-on-debian
  4. ↑ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox/SharedFolders
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