virtualbox shared folder
 

OK, I know there are some brief instructions in Virtualbox as to how to set up the shared folder, but, i don't really understand. The shared folder is in /home/phantom/unrealtourn I am trying to share it with WinXP. (Debian host, XP virtual) I don't know if the "net use x:..." command is to be used in the windows command prompt or what. I'm not familiar with setting up a lot of windows crap.

I simply need one folder to be accessable from XP to the unrealtourn folder in Debian. How do I do it? And please be specific.

Thanks!

In a Windows guest, use the following command:

net use x: \\vboxsvr\shareDirectory

vboxsvr is a fixed name, replace "x:" with the drive letter that you want to use for the share, and "shareDirectory" with the share name specified with VBoxManage. The space after the x: is needed!!

OK...that still doesn't work, but I'm probably doing something wrong.

I open command prompt in the guest account (guest, not limited user) and type:
What is wrong?

Tried just about everything, renaming the file, etc. Given the folder is designated by virtualbox, do i need a pathname? (i.e. /home/phantomcyph/unrealtourn) to use in Windows? Is there some bs rule that you have to register Windows first before setting this up?

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Here is an exact copy of what the command prompt is telling me:
Note that "test" is a limited account, not guest, not admin.

Still not working, USB doesn't mount even when enabled,can read but not copy files from CD, I really need a shared folder set up, anyone have ideas?

This maps a network drive on Windows.
I only received this error when I misspelled the path.

Good luck!

David

I tried that and didn't get anywhere.Did get it to share folders but they always would disappear after reboot of the guest.After fiddling around I just got tired of the whole thing and setup samba to share between host and guest - works w/o any trouble.

Almost forgot - as with everything involving MS reboot at any oportunity.

Getting it to load at every boot up is as simple as Clicking on My Computer, Tools, Map Network Drive, setting the drive letter, and entering the path.

Of course you could do that with any network share.

David

Just tried that. Named "b", then entered "\\vboxsvr\shared", and it tried to connect but couldn't. Any suggestions?

Which version of VirtualBox are you using? If it's at least 1.38 there should be an option under the VM settings to set certain paths as shared folders. Earlier versions has to manually use the vboxmanage command before starting the daemon. After that mapping the network drive should work ok. The net use command never worked for me but the menu option does and there is a checkbox for "Reconnect at logon".

How did you get it working using Samba? That sounds interesting.

Just install samba on the host and xp should find the shared folders if the permissions are ok.

The only trouble I ran into was that I forgot to reboot xp in the vm.I don't know if it is strictly required but just editing the samba config,restarting samba and trying to find the folders in xp didn't work before a reboot.

Thats the config I used:

[global]
netbios name = kaiser
workgroup = GRUPO
security = user
[data]
path = /data2
read only = Yes
guest ok = Yes
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
[virt]
path = /vdata
read only = no
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
[nokia]
path = /media/1
read-only = no
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
writeable = yes

Of course this is not the safest setup in the world but I live on the edge ;)