Shared folder causes BSOD in Vista

craigsn · Post by **craigsn** » 4. Jul 2007, 20:21

I have shared an external hard drive from my Ubuntu amd64 host, to my Guest OS, Windows Vista. I used the VBoxManage sharedfolder command and ubuntu accepts it, when I go to the guest os, Vista, I can connect to the share using the net use command. The drive shows up, correctly. I can click on it and bring up the contents of the directory. However, a few moments later, the BSOD shows up and reboots my guest os.

Any suggestions or things to try?

Thanks
Craig

Post by **stefan.becker** » 4. Jul 2007, 21:31

I have the same problem. Temp solution for me is the samba server on linux host, that runs perfectly.

craigsn · Post by **craigsn** » 4. Jul 2007, 23:42

stefan.becker wrote:Temp solution for me is the samba server on linux host, that runs perfectly.

Sorry to be dense here Stefan, but what do you mean the temp solution is samba? I understand I need to install samba, but how does that work with virtualbox? What do I need to do there?

Post by **stefan.becker** » 5. Jul 2007, 01:30

You can setup a samba share on host and in guest connect a nwtwork drive.