Shared Files in virtualbox

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Hi,

I have installed openSUSE 11.2 in virtualbox on my windows 7 laptop. I am trying to get two shared files between 7 and 11.2.
I have used this command

mount -t vboxsf Documents /home/(username)/desktop/Shared

without success with the output

/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such file or directory

Any ideas on how i could share this document folder and my picture folder?

Thanks,

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This is in the downloadable VirtualBox manual. You can also find walk-throughs and overviews on the Web; ex.,

VirtualBox Shared Folders - Virtuatopia

There’s another option, though. If you just need to share an occasional file, you could use something like SSH/SFTP between the two. Simply run OpenSSH in the Suse guest and log in at its IP address.

3

no, i’m going to need theese all the times, thank you for the link though.

4

OK, then try that link I showed you. Download the VirtualBox documentation (which is pretty good, actually), and do a search for “Folder Sharing” and/or “Shared Folders” in it. There are plenty of walkthroughs on the Web.

5

thank you,