Sharing files between Windows host and Linux guest
Posted: 16. May 2007, 09:19
Hi,
according to VirtualBox 1.3.8 UserManual documentation I have set shared folder but I am having code page problems.
On Windows XP SP2 host:
I created shared folder:
Note:
Ubuntu is my vm name
"aaa" is sharename
"c:\aaa" is host path name
Command completed successfully.
On Ubuntu 7.04 guest:
I created folder /mnt/aaa:
I mounted shared dir:
Command completed successfully, but there is code page problem. Using a "cat filename" command.
According to documentation "-o" option should be used something like:
The above command doesn't execute correctly. What is correct CHARSET code? Is there any list of all CHARSET available?
Regards,
Abcuser
according to VirtualBox 1.3.8 UserManual documentation I have set shared folder but I am having code page problems.
On Windows XP SP2 host:
I created shared folder:
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vboxmanage sharedfolder add "Ubuntu" -name "aaa" -hostpath "c:\aaa"
Ubuntu is my vm name
"aaa" is sharename
"c:\aaa" is host path name
Command completed successfully.
On Ubuntu 7.04 guest:
I created folder /mnt/aaa:
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sudo mkdir /mnt/aaa
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sudo mount -t vboxsf aaa /mnt/aaa
According to documentation "-o" option should be used something like:
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sudo mount -t vboxsf -o iocharset iso-8859-2 aaa /mnt/aaa
Regards,
Abcuser