How can I access files downloaded in virtualbox/Windows from Fedora 14?
I a normal dual boot installation it's easy enough but I haven't found a way to do it with vbox. Perhaps it can't be done?
Bob --
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 08:58:18AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
How can I access files downloaded in virtualbox/Windows from Fedora 14? I a normal dual boot installation it's easy enough but I haven't found a way to do it with vbox. Perhaps it can't be done? Bob --
scp? sftp? smb sharing (windows shares)?
On 03/27/2011 09:27 AM, fred smith wrote:
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 08:58:18AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
How can I access files downloaded in virtualbox/Windows from Fedora 14? I a normal dual boot installation it's easy enough but I haven't found a way to do it with vbox. Perhaps it can't be done? Bob --scp? sftp? smb sharing (windows shares)?
With KVM all you need to do is format a partition, virtual or physical, with a FAT file system and then mount that partition as the D: drive in the virtual machine. Write your files there.
You can't have the partition mounted inside the VM and on Linux at the same time. If you choose to use the virtual file system you can mount it with loopback. If you use a physical partition you can use mount to mount the partition. Then copy your files on/off the FAT partition.
I have not used virtual box so I don't know how, or if you can, mount a second partition on you VM. YMMV
On 03/27/2011 09:46 AM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
On 03/27/2011 09:27 AM, fred smith wrote:
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 08:58:18AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
How can I access files downloaded in virtualbox/Windows from Fedora 14?
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smb sharing (windows shares)?
With KVM all you need to do is format a partition, virtual or physical, with a FAT file system and then mount that partition as the D: drive in the virtual machine. Write your files there.
You can't have the partition mounted inside the VM and on Linux at the same time. If you choose to use the virtual file system you can mount it with loopback. If you use a physical partition you can use mount to mount the partition. Then copy your files on/off the FAT partition.
I have not used virtual box so I don't know how, or if you can, mount a second partition on you VM. YMMV
geez kvm is a bit messy ...
several ways in vbox - simplest is straightforward access to any linux directory on the local machine via clicking on Settings->Shared Folders [1]
Or as prev poster suggested via any network mount as well .. (local machine or remote).
g/
[1] and you can happily access them on linux at the same time - and it doesn't need to be part of a fat partition or anything :-)
On 27/03/11 09:27, fred smith wrote:
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 08:58:18AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
How can I access files downloaded in virtualbox/Windows from Fedora 14? I a normal dual boot installation it's easy enough but I haven't found a way to do it with vbox. Perhaps it can't be done? Bob --scp? sftp? smb sharing (windows shares)?
Therein lies my problem, sftp to where? How do I address the shared files in the virtual WindowsXP. I even copied them to a new directory under the "c" drive designation but I can't find the virtual files from here in F14.
It may be obvious but I don't see it, makes me feel dumb!
Bob
On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Therein lies my problem, sftp to where? How do Iaddress the shared files in the virtual WindowsXP. I even copied them to a new directory under the "c" drive designation but I can't find the virtual files from here in F14.
It may be obvious but I don't see it, makes me feeldumb!
I just tried file-sharing setup between a virtual Win7 machine running in Virtual Box and my Fedora 14 host. It's relatively trivial to set up a share on your host machine. First, shut down the virtual machine, the XP vm in your case. Then, in the VirtualBox Manager window, for your machine, find the item that says "Shared Folders" - clicking on that will give you a wizard that will allow you to set up a shared folder on your Fedora machine that will be seen by your XP virtual machine the next time you run it. When you open up XP the next time, you should be able to open a Windows Explorer window and see the share in the list (in my Win7 Explorer window, the share appeared at the bottom of the tree that started with 'Computer')
So, that's one direction. If you want to be able to move files from your Fedora host to your Virtual XP machine, that's a different story - VNC could be a simple way to do this in addition to the other suggestions you've gotten
On 03/27/2011 11:58 AM, Claude Jones wrote:
On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote:
that started with 'Computer')
So, that's one direction. If you want to be able to move files from your Fedora host to your Virtual XP machine, that's a different story - VNC could be a simple way to do this in addition to the other suggestions you've gotten
shared folders are both ways I think - its just a directory on linux which you can write or read (pick one in your home directory to ensure permissions).
On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Genes MailLists wrote:
shared folders are both ways I think - its just a directory on linux which you can write or read (pick one in your home directory to ensure permissions)
I just had a 'duh' moment... Of course - you want to get a file from your Fedora box to your Virtual Windows box, put it in the shared folder (sound of hand smacking forehead).......
On 27/03/11 11:58, Claude Jones wrote:
On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Therein lies my problem, sftp to where? How do Iaddress the shared files in the virtual WindowsXP. I even
copied them to a new directory under the "c" drive designation
but I can't find the virtual files from here in F14.
It may be obvious but I don't see it, makes me feeldumb!
I just tried file-sharing setup between a virtual Win7 machine running in Virtual Box and my Fedora 14 host. It's relatively trivial to set up a share on your host machine. First, shut down the virtual machine, the XP vm in your case. Then, in the VirtualBox Manager window, for your machine, find the item that says "Shared Folders" - clicking on that will give you a wizard that will allow you to set up a shared folder on your Fedora machine that will be seen by your XP virtual machine the next time you run it. When you open up XP the next time, you should be able to open a Windows Explorer window and see the share in the list (in my Win7 Explorer window, the share appeared at the bottom of the tree that started with 'Computer')
So, that's one direction. If you want to be able to move files from your Fedora host to your Virtual XP machine, that's a different story
- VNC could be a simple way to do this in addition to the other
suggestions you've gotten
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Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
I created a folder /home/bobg/winshared in this computer.
Then in virtualbox under "Shared Folders" I entered /home/bobg/winshared again which it shows as "winshared /home/bobg/winshared"
In the virtual Windows I think I have tried every possible combination under shared folders, etc. but to no avail, no files are transferred to Linux and Windows does not show "winshared" directory. I can move files around within Windows, even tried creating a "winshared" directory there. The problem may well be that I am not dealing with the Windows side properly.
However I'm beginning to think this project is not worth the effort I am putting into it.
Thanks.
Bob
On 03/27/2011 01:32 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 27/03/11 11:58, Claude Jones wrote:
On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Therein lies my problem, sftp to where? How do Iaddress the shared files in the virtual WindowsXP. I even
copied them to a new directory under the "c" drive designation
but I can't find the virtual files from here in F14.
It may be obvious but I don't see it, makes me feeldumb!
I just tried file-sharing setup between a virtual Win7 machine running in Virtual Box and my Fedora 14 host. It's relatively trivial to set up a share on your host machine. First, shut down the virtual machine, the XP vm in your case. Then, in the VirtualBox Manager window, for your machine, find the item that says "Shared Folders" - clicking on that will give you a wizard that will allow you to set up a shared folder on your Fedora machine that will be seen by your XP virtual machine the next time you run it. When you open up XP the next time, you should be able to open a Windows Explorer window and see the share in the list (in my Win7 Explorer window, the share appeared at the bottom of the tree that started with 'Computer')
So, that's one direction. If you want to be able to move files from your Fedora host to your Virtual XP machine, that's a different story
- VNC could be a simple way to do this in addition to the other
suggestions you've gotten
--
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
I created a folder /home/bobg/winshared in this computer. Then in virtualbox under "Shared Folders" I entered /home/bobg/winshared again which it shows as "winshared /home/bobg/winshared" In the virtual Windows I think I have tried every possible combination under shared folders, etc. but to no avail, no files are transferred to Linux and Windows does not show "winshared" directory. I can move files around within Windows, even tried creating a "winshared" directory there. The problem may well be that I am not dealing with the Windows side properly. However I'm beginning to think this project is not worth the effort I am putting into it. Thanks. Bob
It should show up as a network drive. What's on D:, E:, etc.?
On 03/28/2011 04:32 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I created a folder /home/bobg/winshared in this computer. Then in virtualbox under "Shared Folders" I entered /home/bobg/winshared again which it shows as "winshared /home/bobg/winshared"
In Windows explorer navigate to \vboxsvr\winshared
You can also use this to map a permanent network drive in your guest.
HTH
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin@wildblue.net wrote:
However I'm beginning to think this project is not worth the effort I am putting into it.
Thanks.
Bob
Did you have a look at the VirtualBox user manual at: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sharedfolders
You should ensure that you have VirtualBox Guest Additions installed and, if using version 4.0, it is worth installing VirtualBox_Extension_Pack - how to do it is all in the pages for the user manual -
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/
Follow those instructions and you should be able to setup a mapped network drive for a shared folder fairly easily - I have this working on several machine by following those instructions and it works well.
I presume you are using the Oracle VirtualBox installed from the main website (you can set up a yum repo file and install it all from yum): http://www.virtualbox.org/
I hope this helps.
On 27/03/11 16:29, mike cloaked wrote:
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Bob Goodwinbobgoodwin@wildblue.net wrote:
However I'm beginning to think this project is not worth the effort I am putting into it. Thanks. BobDid you have a look at the VirtualBox user manual at: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sharedfolders
You should ensure that you have VirtualBox Guest Additions installed and, if using version 4.0, it is worth installing VirtualBox_Extension_Pack - how to do it is all in the pages for the user manual -
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/
Follow those instructions and you should be able to setup a mapped network drive for a shared folder fairly easily - I have this working on several machine by following those instructions and it works well.
I presume you are using the Oracle VirtualBox installed from the main website (you can set up a yum repo file and install it all from yum): http://www.virtualbox.org/
I hope this helps.
Thanks to all but I can't mess with this any longer due to my usage limitations. I'm limited to 17 gigs down in 30 days and I'm at the 80% mark now and getting a warning. Every time I bring up Windows it seems it wants to download something else and we've run up 2 gigs just today.
Again thank you for the help. A limitation of this satellite system that I don't usually have any problem with ...
Bob
On 27/03/11 14:58, Bob Goodwin wrote:
How can I access files downloaded in virtualbox/Windows from Fedora 14? I a normal dual boot installation it's easy enough but I haven't found a way to do it with vbox. Perhaps it can't be done? Bob --
In VirtualBox Manager: settings -> Shared Folders
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