This post gives steps to access a shared folder when you use Oracle VM Virtual box to run a Linux Virtual system on your Windows PC.
1. Make sure you have guest addons installed.notepad
2.Create a folder on the Host computer (ubuntu) that you would like to share, for example "C:/KernelTrap"
3.Boot the Guest operating system in VirtualBox.
4.Select Devices -> Shared Folders...
5.Choose the 'Add' button.
6.Select Folder path name as "C:/KernelTrap"
and Folder name will be automatically detected as "KernelTrap"
7. Remember this folder name "KernelTrap"
8. Optionally select the 'Make permanent' option
9. In virtual machine terminal, type:
And that's it. Don't worry about the absolute paths. You don't need them. For all practical purposes, VB will take care of the real path behind the share name, in this case KernelTrap.
Let me know if this procedure worked for you. I have tried this on Ubuntu 14.04 and it worked without any issue.
1. Make sure you have guest addons installed.notepad
2.Create a folder on the Host computer (ubuntu) that you would like to share, for example "C:/KernelTrap"
3.Boot the Guest operating system in VirtualBox.
4.Select Devices -> Shared Folders...
5.Choose the 'Add' button.
6.Select Folder path name as "C:/KernelTrap"
and Folder name will be automatically detected as "KernelTrap"
7. Remember this folder name "KernelTrap"
8. Optionally select the 'Make permanent' option
9. In virtual machine terminal, type:
cd /mnt
sudo mkdir shared_folder
sudo mount -t vboxsf KerekTrap share_folder_patch
And that's it. Don't worry about the absolute paths. You don't need them. For all practical purposes, VB will take care of the real path behind the share name, in this case KernelTrap.
Let me know if this procedure worked for you. I have tried this on Ubuntu 14.04 and it worked without any issue.
