copy files from virtualbox -
Steven Stern
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Sun Mar 27 18:53:51 UTC 2011
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 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!
>>
>>
>> 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.?
--
-- Steve
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