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March 19th, 2010, 14:36
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VirtualBox how to mount share folder
XP Host - FreeBSD_8 Guest
How can I mount my XP shared folder in the FreeBSD guest ? Most every thing else works in this set up. XP = Uptodate VBx = 314 FreeBSD = 8.0-RELEASE #0 Nov 21 15:48:17 
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March 19th, 2010, 15:52
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FreeBSD doesn't have guest additions drivers. Here's an simple workaround which basically does what "shared folders" do when you have guest additions installed;
- make sure that your VirtualBox network is in bridge mode for FreeBSD guest. - make sure that your FreeBSD can ping Windows XP. - make sure that it can resolve XP's hostname, try pinging it by hostname - if not, add an entry into /etc/hosts - add another user in your XP system, grant him some privileges on the directory you want to share, now, as root on your FreeBSD guest do something like this Code:
mount_smbfs //user@xp_box/SHARED /mnt/xp Basically, when in bridge networking mode, vbox host and guests are like computers on the same physical network.
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March 19th, 2010, 16:17
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March 19th, 2010, 17:35
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I did go through all that, but erroneously dismissed it as FreeBSD hosting VBx.
Now comes the problem I have not cracked yet with FreeBSD. My FreeBSD's have no access to the internet (Corporate policy, not mine) Klik the ref of "virtualbox-ose-additions-3.1.51.r25618_2 " and then I am stuck, as this seems to present just change history and not the iso/whatever. I find this a more general problem in knowing how to take a port element and put it on my FreeBSD system as though the internet were there.
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March 19th, 2010, 18:02
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Well - all that went OK till I got:-
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mount_smbfs: cant get server address: syserr=Op TO. Code:
mount_smbfs //a129878@xp/Rt /mnt 'Rt' is from VBoxMange show info:- Shared folders: Code:
Name: 'Rt', Host path: 'C:\Documents and Settings\A129878\My Documents\Rt' (machine mapping), writable Boy - the cutting edge or what. Last edited by DutchDaemon; March 19th, 2010 at 18:15.
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March 20th, 2010, 11:09
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@a129878
After You install the guest additions in your FreeBSD guest system, You will be able to use vboxsf: # mount -t vboxsf VBoxSharedFolderName /mnt
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May 13th, 2010, 11:30
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vermaden, what's the magic
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I've installed VBox on XP, and followed the wiki instructions to install the guest additions. But there aint no "mount -t vboxsf" How did you manage it?
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May 14th, 2010, 21:32
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I did not bother with trying to get XP hosting FreeBSD guest to see the XP world.
I use the free open source winscp (http://winscp.net/eng/index.php) after setting 'sshd_enable="yes"' in /etc/rc.config. This works fine and also gives putty (http://putty.very.rulez.org/download.html), ssh, access to the FreeBSD service, so I rearely need to use the console(s). Another advantage in using Winscp is that I can use the same skills to access a full PC FreeBSD as (and at the saem time) as my Virtual Box. One big advantage in using Putty is that of coloured windows with much larger screens.
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May 15th, 2010, 05:44
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Depends on needs, for me copying files between platforms has never been an issue.
In my own case I really wanted the ability to open files cross-platform, (mostly files living in Windows world opened with *nix tools) - reducing the need to physically copy the files back and forth. VirtualBox/VMware (tried both) solved the need to reboot between platforms (on a single laptop) but until recently still needed to copy files back and forth, (via USB stick or similar). (-- Fixed that with smb). Why? My job (that is the one that feeds my kids) often involves raw data inspection and conversion - you still can't beat 'nixens ability to quickly examine and elegantly modify files of any type. (Yes there are many good win/dos tools out there, but coming from multiple sources are rarely uniform in interface and too often gui-based -- making it hard / sometimes impossible to build an automated sequence of operations as easily as a shell script or quick 'n dirty C-prog). But also must have the Windows platform for reports, proposals, presentations etc. Ooo still way lags on MS office; and with the bulk of my company being on Win cant be making a doc, usually with embedded items, look good in ooo (or similar including google office for those dumb enough to trust it) only to have it look like crap (or simply fail) when my manager opens it in MSword. Finally stability: when it comes to virtulisation my own testing proved FreeBSD on XP is the king (1. despite being only 32 bit XP beats W7 under load, 2. as to nix guests (again under load) FBSD thrashed linux). Would like to reverse that but nix (including linux) hosted windows guests (and wine too) is still way too freaky -- having [my] emulation sh_t itself intermittently (or at the tail end) of an allnighter is last thing I need
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