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That is what I thiuggt. I personally use gyest addition shares mostly to copy files. Using samba is a better solution. This is for a coworker. Next how do I upgade a Lenovo T420 from 8 GB to st least 16GB. ( it maxes out at 8GB :-) Tony Koker <tkoker at gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I've been using Virtualbox for quite some time and have tried all kinds >of experiments and tests. > > I'm mostly Linux (and mostly Ubuntu), but have successfully shared out >from a client OS Samba to Windows and NFS to Linux using bridged >networking. > > I'm not aware of any Virtualbox feature or function that provide this >kind of sharing, client to host. > > I've actually had an issue with host shares into a client, using the >additions feature, and have subsequently stopped using it. When >endeavoring >to motion a VM from host to host, host shares into clients have been a >blocking issue (causes motion attempt to fail). I've resorted to using >NFS >to provide access by client of host system shares, too, to allow the >motion >to work. > >Tony Koker > > >On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> >wrote: > >> To create a shared directory using Virtualbox Guest Additions and the >> VMware equivalent, you set up virtualbox to point to a directory on >the >> host system that would be shared with 1 or more guests. >> >> In a case I have, we need to share 1 or more directories from a gust >OS >> with the Windows Host OS. Is there a mechanism for the guest OS to >share >> one or more of its directories with the Host OS. With a Linux guest, >the >> only way that I could do this is to use Samba (or NFS) to export to >the >> Host OS. (Also assuming you have chosen the correct network scheme >for the >> guest os). In a specific case we are using bridged, >> >> -- >> -- >> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> >> Boston Linux and Unix >> PGP key id:3BC1EB90 >> Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> -- Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90? Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 Sent from Kaiten Mail on Samsung Galaxy S4
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