In my case I wanted to share home folder /home so the command I used mount -t vboxsf shared_folder /mnt/shared_folder Mount -t vboxsf name_of_folder_linked_from_vbox /mnt/name_folder_guest_os/ Once the shared_folder directory location is set-up from GUI menu click OK and in order for the settings to take effect, you'll need to restart the VM Guest with Linux (use halt command from terminal) or Power Off the Machine via the VBox menus. Map from VBox program interface Shared folder settings and Mount /mnt/shared_folder locationĭevices -> Shared Folder -> Shared Folder settings -> Transient Folders (click blue folder add small button right)įrom Transient Folders add whatever directory you want to be shared from your local notebook / PC to the VM.ĭepending on whether you would like to mount the shared folder only for reading files (choose Read Only) to make it a permanent shared folder (and not just for the one session of current running Virtual Machine until its killed use Make Permanent) or check Auto-Mount tick if you want the shared_folder mapping to be mounted on every VM boot.
Create directory for Shared Folder that will be used to access Host / OS files from the Guest Virtualized mkdir /mnt/shared_folderģ. To install them (on Debian GNU / Linux) assuming that you're using virtualbox default distro packages /etc/apt/sources.list :Īpt-get install –yes -qq virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-guest-dkmsĪnd cd /media/cdrom1 sh nĢ.
If the mount fails and there are no files inside the mount point it might be because the virtualbox-dkms and virtualbox-guest-dkms packages might be missing on the Host OS. Mount the ISO inside the Linux Virtual debian:~# mount /media/cdrom1/ To do so use Oracle VBox menus (on the booted virtualized OS VBox window):ĭevices -> Insert Guest additions CD Image I've explained how to add the Guest Additions CD image thoroughfully in my previous article Howto enable Copy / Paste Virtualbox betwen Linux guest and Host OSĪnyways I'll repeat myself below for sake of clarity: Install Virtualbox Guest Additions CD Image ISO Once you have it sooner or later you will need to copy files from the VM Host OS (that in my case is GNU / Linux) to the virtualized Guest operating system (again in my case that's again another Linux ISO running indide the Virtual Machine).īelow are steps to follow To use Virtualbox Shared Folder functionality to copy files between VBox and your Desktop / server Linux install.ġ. Running VirtualBox Host is an easy thing to set-up across all Operating Systems. How to set-up Virtualbox shared folder to Copy files from PC Host and Guest Virtualized OS?
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