Re: virtualbox shared folder anyone? [SOLVED]

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Re: virtualbox shared folder anyone? [SOLVED]
\ Chuanwen Wu (2 Dec 2007)

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Subject:	Re: virtualbox shared folder anyone? [SOLVED]
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Chuanwen Wu
Date:	2 Dec 2007

Thank you! I use this way to solve the same problem in the x86_64 platform.
I use virtualbox-1.5.2.
On Apr 23, 2007 10:46 PM, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch> wrote:
> The following steps were successful (for me)
>
> echo "app-emulation/virtualbox-bin additions dvitool" >> \
> /etc/portage/package.use
> emerge app-emulation/virtualbox-bin # here 1.3.8-r1
>
> create the virtual machine (WinXP in my case) as described
> and install (here) WinXP SP2 and power off (the VM) after the complete
> install.
>
> ### just examples ......................vvvvv...........vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> vboxmanage sharedfolder add WinXP -name linux -hostpath /MySharedFolder
>
> Then start virtualbox again,
>
> click on Details CD/DVD-ROM
> there on Mount CD/DVD
> Some fiddling about "ISO Image File" leads to
> add
> /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
> Then click on "ISO Image File"
>
> Now boot the virtual machine.
> There you find VBoxGuestAdditions as an
> additional (CD) drive.
>
> Click on it to start installing the additional
> drivers from Virtualbox.
>
> Restart Windows and then
>
> execute cmd
> and there
> ### for my example vvvvv
> net use x: \\vboxsvr\linux
>
> and voila, it seems to work!
>
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> RWTH - Aachen University
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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