Re: VirtualBox: sharing files between the host and guest OS

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 06:26, Jason Hsu wrote: > The little detail I missed: For some reason, you cannot use "share" as the > name of the folder. I changed the name of the folder in the host OS from > "share" to "guest", updated the mount command and the Devices->Shared Folders > setup, and the file shari

Re: VirtualBox: sharing files between the host and guest OS

2011-07-26 Thread Jason Hsu
The little detail I missed: For some reason, you cannot use "share" as the name of the folder. I changed the name of the folder in the host OS from "share" to "guest", updated the mount command and the Devices->Shared Folders setup, and the file sharing now works. -- Jason Hsu Founder and le

Re: VirtualBox: sharing files between the host and guest OS

2011-07-26 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:12:58 -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: > How do I share files between the host OS and guest OS? (Both are > Linux.) > > The version of VirtualBox I'm using is 4.0.8 r71778. > > Until recently, I was using an older version of VirtualBox and had no > difficulty sharing files between

VirtualBox: sharing files between the host and guest OS

2011-07-26 Thread Jason Hsu
How do I share files between the host OS and guest OS? (Both are Linux.) The version of VirtualBox I'm using is 4.0.8 r71778. Until recently, I was using an older version of VirtualBox and had no difficulty sharing files between the host and guest OS. In VirtualBox 4.0, I have yet to successfu