Question about copying files from windows to a virtualbox guest without gui
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Question about copying files from windows to a virtualbox guest without gui
I am installing Debian 7.8 without a desktop into VirtualBox 4.33.
I'm new to sharing files in anyway.
What steps should I take to create a directory in my virtualbox, that I can copy files to from a windows directory? Or in otherwords, how can I do this?
Either set up a shared folder through the virtualization software, or use an sftp client on windows to connect to the VM through ssh and transfer files that way (any network protocol would work - FTP, samba, etc., but sftp doesn't require any additional packages or configuration on the Linux VM).
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Question about copying files from windows to a virtualbox guest without gui
