win98 - to get files out

DBG · Post by **DBG** » 15. Nov 2007, 20:21

I need to get some files out from guest Windows 98. I thought i'd use shared folders, but they are not supported for win98...

what to do?

Post by **stefan.becker** » 15. Nov 2007, 21:01

Samba.

DBG · Post by **DBG** » 15. Nov 2007, 21:14

i need more help in how to make that happen

internal vbox's help doesn't make clear how to configure the network

Post by **stefan.becker** » 15. Nov 2007, 22:01

We need more Informations about your environment.

DBG · Post by **DBG** » 15. Nov 2007, 22:10

host OS - Windows XP Proffesional SP2
guest OS - Windows 98 SE

VirtualBox 1.5.2

what else?

Post by **stefan.becker** » 15. Nov 2007, 22:23

OK.

Samba is for Linux.

Try the following:

In XP Host you have to share a drive or a directory. For Example
share "c:\temp" with share name "TEMP".

In Win98 Guest open a Commandline and enter:

"net use x: \\10.0.2.2\TEMP".

DBG · Post by **DBG** » 15. Nov 2007, 22:45

i was trying to treak with installing guest additions and configuring netword adapters, don't know what exactly happenned, but guest os now crashes when trying to load in normal mode... loaded fine in "safe mode with network support", though... I had the same thing happen right after installation but it fixed itself after a series of loading in safe mode. i regret not making a snapshot

it doesn't find a program "net" (bad command or file name) o_O

if trying to type in \\10.0.2.2\DiskE in adress bar in windows explorer have a "Cannot find file or item" (whole disk E was already shared as DiskE, if that matters...)

Post by **ghr** » 17. Nov 2007, 21:57

you might try this recipe... http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=866

DBG · Post by **DBG** » 17. Nov 2007, 22:06

Thanks, though i didn't find there anything that should not have worked already... i'll try tweak setting out, maybe install another guest and connect old vdi as second hdd...

DBG · Post by **DBG** » 18. Nov 2007, 19:28

Woo, i finally was able to accomplish the task of making network connection through host interface. The whole big problem was that i was working under the user with limited rights on the host machine... *d-oh*

However, now another problem raises.

Somehow, i don't know why, i wasn't able to run the same guest machine from under admin-user (virtual machine is inaccessable, error message below), so i created a new one and used the existing vdi for it. But there was no data i needed!

Later, when i switched back to the normal limited user (only one old VM listed in VirtualBox) and ran the guest, data was back but nothing that i've made while under admin was present.

I guess, that's some sort of problem with snapshots or something of that sort... How can i bypass it?

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that error message:
Could not find a registered CD/DVD image with UUID {6ab3ee6b-189e-49c9-90a6-87d5e485100b}.

Result Code:
E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057)
Component:
VirtualBox
Interface:
IVirtualBox {76b25f3c-15d4-4785-a9d3-adc6a462beec}