Win 98 Guest can't share folders and/or copy-paste, this mean that guestadditions don't run in W98

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EmanuelElBravo
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Win 98 Guest can't share folders and/or copy-paste, this mean that guestadditions don't run in W98

Post by EmanuelElBravo »

Hi! everybody, I have the problem which don't install the guest-additions or the same are incompatible with win 98, can't share files/folders between Win 98 and the host (Debian testing), I need to know if is possible fix this problem.

Thanks for reading, I hope a solution.

P.D: I apologise, my English is basic..
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Re: Win 98 Guest can't share folders and/or copy-paste, this mean that guestadditions don't run in W

Post by andyp73 »

There are no guest additions for Windows 98.

If you want to share files then you will need look at setting up a Samba share on your Debian host and connecting to it from your Windows 98 guest.

-Andy.
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