Comments on: How To Share Files In VirtualBox With Vista Guest And Ubuntu Host

By: Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:14:03 +0000

Thank you Vey much mate.

It worked perfectly on my Host Ubuntu and Guest XP.

Thanks once again.

By: Dani

Dani — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:06:08 +0000

Hi i am beginner and working on ubuntu environment.

I have installed ubuntu 9.04 on my machine (host) , virtual box 3.0.8 for virtual machine which is also ubuntu 9.04.

I am facing a problem during networking between host machine and virtual machine installed on vBox. when i send a ping command from virtual machine to host its works, while host to virtual machine it doesn’t work. thanks for advanced.

By: Harbhag

Harbhag — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:11:37 +0000

Thanks , It helped alot

By: sima

sima — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:03:31 +0000

I need help
I have a MAC and I installed Parallel and on this VM I installed Ubunto and Vista. now I want to use USB but it doesn\t work in ubunto. i want to share some files and i don\t know what should do. pls. advise me.\
many thanks\
sima

By: u-man

u-man — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:55:25 +0000

Thanks!! I am running Jaunty 9.04 and Vista in-the-box, and this is what I was needing. Thanks for making it so clear….now if there is something regarding the xorg.config…as my screen is off center……but that is future project. Thanks again! Ubuntu can be amazing, frustrating, but a good solid system.

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:33:28 +0000

@jo31: It works. I am using VB 2.2.4, Ubuntu 9.04 and XP SP3 and I have no problems accessing the shared folder. Perhaps you want to check your configuration again.

By: jo31

jo31 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:14:21 +0000

Doesn’t work at all with VB 2.2.4, Ubuntu 9.04 as host and XP SP3 as ghost

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:33:31 +0000

Hi everyone, I did this once and it worked perfectly running Ubuntu 9.04 as my host, and windows xp through VirtualBox. Since then I’ve formated my computer and now I’m trying to set it up again, but it won’t work. It keeps “folder not found” when I type in \\vboxsvr\nameof my folder

Can anyone give me some tips? I’ve read over everything multiple times, the only thing I’m thinking is maybe my router is blocking the sharing fuction? I dunno! o_O

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:52:15 +0000

This worked as a charm! Thanks allot, I’ve been working for ages trying to figure this one out.

By: David

David — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:49:25 +0000

Perfect….thanks alot. Your efforts are appreciated !

By: jeroen

jeroen — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:16:27 +0000

Now I tried again and using \\vboxsvr\sharename after I connected this share in the Virtualbox settings and it worked.

I’m happy!

By: Damien

Damien — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:49:56 +0000

This is more of a Windows 7 limitation. I will update once I find out the workaround.

By: aman gupta

aman gupta — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:49:11 +0000

thanks i really worked….

By: jeroen

jeroen — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:13:27 +0000

I did connect the shared folders on a ubuntu 8.10 host with a Windows 7 guest build 7100. It works, though I cannot read or write to these drives from other programs than the windows explorer. Does anyone have any idea? it works fine with a Windows XP guest or even a Windows 98 guest.

By: Mohamoud

Mohamoud — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:53:08 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial. Saved me a lot of time.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:55:48 +0000

Hi Damien,

Well thank you for the tip on uninstalling xVM and installing xVM2.2….I did not loose the image …uuupi !
But. there is always something…I did not fix the issue with the USB devices appearing to guest windws as USB. My workaround has been accessing them as sharefolders.
Still I want, to learn basically, those USB not greyed out in the menu of xVM and be able to access them as what they are, USB disks.
Somewhee I read that it could be an issue with Intrepid (8.10) and the way they are installed by the system…remember I am still a noob, do you think you could help me ?
thanks,

gustavo

By: Seshadri Baral

Seshadri Baral — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:17:21 +0000

thanx. i was really searching for this.
its a nice one.

By: Damien

Damien — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:24:00 +0000

You have to remove the version 2.1.4 before you can install 2.2. Rest assure that your virtual disk and all settings are not removed. After you have installed version 2.2, you should find all your settings still intact.

I have tested the USB support in version 2.2. It works!

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:38:40 +0000

Hello,

Running Ubuntu 8.10 as a host and XP as guest. The version of the xVM Box is 2.1.4 . USB drives do not mount on the guest.
I am a noob for Ubuntu, but following some intructions here I managed to get the USB drives as shared folders since they mount ok under the host.
I read to update the xVM and using the option in the xVM menu tells me that is already uptodate 2.1.4….Then I downloaded version 2.2 but the installer tells me that there is already a xVM installed. I feel I should uninstall version 2.1.4 but what will happen with the XP guest virtual disk that I have already created with the guest?
I think the installer for version 2.2 should have the option to update the older version, or clean install altogether. May be someone here could help me update xVM without uninstalling it?

Thank you,
Gustavo

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:18:34 +0000

Few things you need to do to get your USB drive working:

1) Make sure you are not using the OSE version.

2) Upgrade your Virtualbox to the latest version 2.2

3) Set up the USB filter in the Settings page. Make sure that the boxes “enable USB controller” and “enable USB 2.0(EHCI) controller” are checked.

4) Install Guest addition

5) Mount your USB drive in your computer before starting Virtualbox.

6) In your VM, go to Devices -> USB Devices and select the respective USB devices.