Hello,
I mounted a Virtual Disk on my Host Computer to copy files to the Home Folder of my VM (=Virtual Machine)
Mounting did not cause any issues. Here are the commands I used:
vboximg-mount -i XYZ -o allow_root vbox_sysdisk
ls /mnt/
cryptsetup luksOpen /home/<XYZ>/vbox_sysdisk/vol0 XYZ
(Instead of XYZ the appropriate ID or identifier was used!)
The VM was offline while the Virtual Disc was mounted!
However once I started to the VM - the Files are gone.
If I remount the Virtual Disk on my Host System the files are also not to be found.
The Virtual Disc is actually a VDI File.
Any idea why the files are disappearing ?!
Thank you for your replies
Files copied from Host OS to Guest OS disappearing
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Re: Files copied from Host OS to Guest OS disappearing
There is a topic in either Linux Hosts or Guests forums where "vboximg-mount" might have a bug in it when writing to the disk. I can't find it right off.
Personally, I'd more trust using host mounter apps for reading from a disk file, and instead, for writing, having the VM running and writing via a real shared folder or Virtualbox Shared Folders.
Personally, I'd more trust using host mounter apps for reading from a disk file, and instead, for writing, having the VM running and writing via a real shared folder or Virtualbox Shared Folders.
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Re: Files copied from Host OS to Guest OS disappearing
FWIW, a virtual hard disk image can be mounted by either vboximg-mount or a VirtualBox VM, but not both at the same time. vboximg-mount is meant to access the virtual hard disk image without running a VM.