Then Folder Name variable will decide what name that shared folder will have inside the VM. Then enter the path to that folder as seen from your host operating system. Upon clicking on it you will see something similar to this:Ĭlick on the first folder icon on the right most column. You will see the following options there, Devices → Shared Folders → Shared Folder Settings … To do that click on Devices, again, from the VirtualBox menu option of the VM window. We are now ready to share folders from the host machine. If that happens simply open up the terminal, traverse to that directory and run the autorun.sh script as root user. This CD image may also show up on your desktop screen. Note: If the autoinstallation prompt doesn’t show upĬhances are that you are using a distribution like Lubuntu, and you will notice a new CD image being mounted on the path /media//Vbox_GA_version_number where the version number would depend on the version of VirtualBox. You will notice that the script asks you to install gcc, make and perl so it can install necessary kernel modules. You can go ahead and give in your sudo password when you see this prompt:įinally, you will see the result of the installation (this will only take a few seconds) : Click on “Run” when the following window pops up: If you are using stock Ubuntu, you will be prompted that there’s an autorun.sh script inside the CD image and it requires your sudo password to execute or you may notice just a CD image being mounted on your file system, in which case please see the note below.Ĭoming back to the ideal case where the autorun.sh script starts on its own, in that case you would need to allow your guest OS to run the script.
Upon clicking, one of two things may happen. In the bottom of the Devices submenu you will get an option saying Insert Guest Additions CD Image… click on it and it will mount an iso file provided by Oracle to extend the capabilities of the VM, including the Shared Folder feature. Start your VM and click on Devices options on the VirtualBox window, top row. You can have the shared folder show up with a different name on your guest OS, if you like.
We will be sharing a folder named D:\VboxShare from the host system with the same name on the guest for the sake of simplicity. A linux and a non-linux OS offers a nice generality too, making the following steps widely applicable. Everything from read and write permissions to volume management is surprisingly easy and simple to set up in either cases. We will be using a Windows 10 host system and share a folder with Ubuntu 18.04 as guest. VirtualBox’s Shared Folder feature enables you to share a folder between your host operating system and the guest operating system. If you have virtual machines installed inside VirtualBox, chances are you wish to share data between the VM and the host operating system.
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