http://maketecheasier.com/sharing-files-between-ubuntu-host-and-virtual-machines/2007/12/17 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:01:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://maketecheasier.com/sharing-files-between-ubuntu-host-and-virtual-machines/2007/12/17/comment-page-1#comment-280 Chris Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:48:43 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/sharing-files-between-ubuntu-host-and-virtual-machines/2007/12/17#comment-280 An even better solution would be to use another free program, VirtualBox (available at ), which allows you to set up shared folders between the host and guest. I currently have a Fedora 8 VM inside Ubuntu Gutsy, and I can share files from Gutsy to 8. Sharing files from the guest to the host is also possible, but it's more difficult when the guest is Linux, as is Fedora. If it were Windows, it'd be easier. I've previously successfully set up shared folders that allow data to go to and from a Windows host and a Windows guest system, but I have not yet tried a Linux host and Windows guest. An even better solution would be to use another free program, VirtualBox (available at ), which allows you to set up shared folders between the host and guest. I currently have a Fedora 8 VM inside Ubuntu Gutsy, and I can share files from Gutsy to 8. Sharing files from the guest to the host is also possible, but it’s more difficult when the guest is Linux, as is Fedora. If it were Windows, it’d be easier. I’ve previously successfully set up shared folders that allow data to go to and from a Windows host and a Windows guest system, but I have not yet tried a Linux host and Windows guest.

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