share folder host to guest w/o VBoxGuestAdditions

[Derek Winterstien]

The host is Kubuntu the guest is CentOS. The guest is console only, no xorg. VBoxGuestAdditions requires xorg making it not an option.

How can I share a folder on the host to the guest without VirtualBox guest additions?

I would like to mount a folder from the host on the guest file system.

[Smackey's dad]

VBoxGuestAdditions does NOT require xorg. You can share folders with VirtualBox in headless mode.

[loukingjr]

VBoxGuestAdditions does NOT require xorg. You can share folders with VirtualBox in headless mode.

How do you install the guest additions in CentOS without xorg?

[mpack]

To answer the OPs question :-

How can I share a folder on the host to the guest without VirtualBox guest additions?

You can create a normal SAMBA network share, provided host and guest are present on a single network (e.g. bridged or host-only).

[Perryg]

You install the guest additions the same with or without xorg. From the terminal you run the install file with the --nox11 flag at the end of the command. It will complain about the missing xorg (because you don't have it) but will install the rest of the packages.

[loukingjr]

thanks Perry.

[Smackey's dad]

Below are the steps I follow for Guest additions in headless mode on Linux guest (on Linux host):

* Install DKMS on guest
* Install Guest Additions
** Mount Guest Addition CD
** Run sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
* Validate Guest additions install

Use this script to do the install (or upgrade) of guest additions.