just accessing some files of the host system

[gitoc]

hello!

i'm having huge problems with the simple task of accessing some files in the guest system.
i'm using Ubuntu 8.04, my guest system WILL BE Windows XP, but i need to run a live Linux first (harddisk preparations) where i need these files.

1. attempt "shared folders"
booting Knoppix
mount -t vboxsf shared /mnt/shared
=> vbox not found
updating sources.list and install virtualbox-3.0
=> knoppix hangs up at "apt-get update (98%)"

2. attempt "NFS"
setting up NFS Server in Ubuntu host
setting up NFS Client in Knoppix guest
mounting in host works
mount nfs from fstab
=> permission denied (probably user id mismatch => i give up)
pinging host system from guest works

3. attempt "Ubuntu Netbook"
booting from Ubuntu 9.10 karmic Netbook live
=> too slow

4. attempt "Ubuntu Desktop"
booting from Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop live
=> too slow

after 4 hours i give up. god damn it, this is ridiculous!
all i want is access some files in the guest system...

uploading somewhere - which would be the easist way - is no option (5 x 1GiB files)
isn't there an option to emulate a host folder as a guest harddisk: ~/.virtualbox/shared => /dev/sda1 ?
or just copy the files from the host system via direct access to the guest system?

[vbox4me2]

Use samba on the Host, shared folders only work when GA are installed, or use a webserver with a download/upload facility. And number 2 is always going to be a problem which isn't vbox fault.