Share files between Linux virtual machines and Windows hosts using virtualbox Data Space

Environment Description: Host OS win7

Vm OS ubuntu10.10

Virtual Machine virtualbox4.0.4

 

The procedure is as follows:

1. Add the vboxadditions. ISO image file.

"Settings"-"Storage"-"add virtual optical drive-" choose disk-"and select vboxadditions in the virtualbox installation directory (for example, D:/program files/Oracle/virtualbox. iso-open ".

2. Install the enhancement feature.

Go to the Ubuntu system and open the terminal.

CD/Media/virtualbox_4.0.4_xxxxx where Xxxxx is the version number

Sudo./vboxlinuxadditions. Run

3. Select the folder to be shared.

Exit ubuntu.

To set a data space in virtualbox, follow these steps:

Choose "Settings"> "Data Space"> "add data space"> "select the folder to be shared.

4. Mount shared folders.

Go to Ubuntu.

Check whether/sbin/mount. vboxsf exists (via ls/sbin/mount ).

Check whether the boxvsf module is loaded by running the command lsmod | grep vboxsf. If not, run the sudo modprobe vboxsf command to load it.

Create a mount point using sudo mkdir/mnt/share.

Sudo Mount-T vboxsf sharename/mnt/share. Sharename is the name of the shared folder in windows.

5. Set it to automatically mount with the system.

Enter sudo gedit/etc/fstab in the terminal
Add the following line to the open interface file:
Tum/mnt/share vboxsf RW 0 0
(Note: The first column is the name of the data space, the second column is the path to be mounted, followed by the Mount parameter .)
Then save