[problem]cant share the disck D:

[jaguar]

hi,
i am tring to share a disk D: from my compter with the windows xp pro en from the virtual box and some problem happens which i dont know to solve,
so can somebody what happens and how to solve it??

and can somebody say me how to share the internet with the virtual box windows?

i thank you in advane

[vbox4me2]

Invalid character in sharename, no spaces or (de)limited characters such as a :

[baf]

Also try path d:\ not plain d:

[jaguar]

i am not writting something nowhere the path, i gest selected it, and it got me this problem. and i made the changes sugested but even such changes hasnt solved my problem.

and also one more problem i got, i have copied the virtual machine ( the windows xp , with some updates) to another path and there i have changed its name and after that i copied tried to add it to the VB but VB gives me some problem that i dont anderstand, u can see it in the picture i atached,
so can somebody help me??

and also how to share the internet with the virtual windows??
i am using sometimes wireless and other times modem internet.

[baf]

Try:

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VBoxManage internalcommands  sethduuid <filepath>

On the unregistered vdi.

[Sasquatch]

The other two questions, Internet: use NAT.
The shared folders still aren't correct. You can't use UNC illegal characters as share name. D:\ as name is illegal in all it's ways. Just simply D, or Share, will be enough. Use a-z characters only.

[jaguar]

Try:
VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid <filepath>
On the unregistered vdi.

expain me better where i must tipe it and the possible path of it

and

Internet: use NAT, where it is located??

and about the folders, i attached an image that shows that i put D, D in both spaces, but i stil get some erros,
and also why the virtual machine that i copied to another folder, changed the name of it, and then when i try to open it with VB i get some error??

[baf]

Folder Path should be in your case d:\
Name must not contain spaces colon or such only normal ascii characters. use D for example.

A copied vdi retains an internal id number=uuid that command when given at the prompt resets that number. Otherwise you will get the problem you see.
To run it on windows:
start->run cmd (this starts a command prompt)
cd "c:\Program Files\Sun\virtualBox"
VBoxManage internalcommannds sethduuid <filepath>

[Sasquatch]

Jaguar, please, for our sake, read the documentation for once. Forum Posting Guide, VirtualBox FAQ and the User Manual. Everything you ask here is described there.

[jaguar]

hi,
1)it looks that i solved the path of the disk D:\
but wher it is located?? i cant find it, i attached a file with the image of : my computer, and u can see that it is not seen

2)when i run the path : C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
the command windows apperas and in shows quiqly i think some commands and then it closes automaticaly i dont know why, what happens??
please help

3) i dont know why but i am now using portable internet and VB a also has internet, i will try soon with lan and wireless internet, but why VB is autoconected to the internet??

and also in the VirtualBox FAQ and user manual some technician terms must be explined, not everybody is born clever.

[Perryg]

First you can share drive d:\ but you can not map it as drive d because you already have a drive d:\ in the guest. It is the CD.

All you need to do is map it in a command window of the guest as it is shown in the FAQ.

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net use x: \\vboxsvr\<the share name you gave it in VBox> -p

Replace <the share name you gave it in VBox> with what you called it. The -p at the end makes it persistent.
Then it will show up as a network drive called x in the tree view.

[Sasquatch]

2) It's a command line tool, of course it will flash and exit. You have to open the command prompt, navigate to the installation folder of VB using the cd command and THEN run the command, with the additional parameters you want. Since you have no idea why you ran it, I suggest you don't even get started with it.

3) That's because the VM uses NAT networking. When the Host has internet, so does the Guest.

[jaguar]

hi,
about changing the internal number of the copied image i get the problem that u can see in the atached file
so how i could solve it??

[Sasquatch]

The VDI parameter requires the full path of the file, so if it's on C:\VDI\yourmachine.vdi, you give that full path, not just "yourmachine.vdi".

[jaguar]

1)nor your recomendation works for me, which you can see in the attached VB problem6.JPG, how to solve??

2) and about sharing the folder i get the problem seen in the VB problem7.JPG, how to solve??