Then I run these as specified in the tutorial: sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt So I followed this tutorial How To - Create Shared folder in Ubuntu under Virtual Box and basically I created a new shared folder in windows, created a file /etc/rc.local and I put in it this code: sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=33,gid=33 Webroot /web/ I created a folder in windows to share it with Ubuntu, the folder in windows is located in D:/webroot and in Ubuntu it is /web.

Go to XP Start menu and then click Network places to view the shared folder.Īlso read our how to install Windows 7 on netbooks guide.I have VirtualBox installed in my windows host machine and I have installed Ubuntu in VirtualBox. Click Finish button to complete the procedure.Ħ.

Hit Next button to type a name for the new network place (shared folder). Here, click Browse button, expand Entire Network, and then expand VirtualBox Shared Folders to see your shared folder. Click Next button, choose Another network location option and again click Next button.ĥ. In My Network Places window, click Add a network place option to launch Add a network place wizard.Ĥ. Open My Computer and then click My network places option present in the left pane.ģ. Follow the above mentioned procedure till step 3 and then follow the below mentioned steps.Ģ. Method 2: To share folders between XP guest OS and host machine:ġ. Click Finish button to see the shared folder in the guest OS explorer. If you want to connect to the shared folder every time you logon, enable the option named Reconnect at logon option. Select the folder and then click Ok button. Here, click Browse button next to the folder box and expand the VBOXSVR by clicking on the arrow icon to see the folder name that you have added in step 3.

Click Map network drive button on the explorer tool bar to launch the Map network drive wizard. If you can’t see the shared folder in the explorer under Networked Location category, follow the next step as well.ĥ. Now open the explorer in virtual machine. Once added, you can set the read-only permission to the shared folder so that the guest OS (virtual machine) user will not be able to write to the added folder. Click on Add shared folders button to browse to the folder (present on the host machine) that you want to share with the virtual machine. Click Devices under menu and then select Share folders option to open Share Folders dialog-box.ģ.

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