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Getting iso from host to guest

Posted: 15. Oct 2012, 03:15
by Schubes24
Hello,

I'm new to Virtualbox. I have Version 4.2.1 running on my Mac for my host and my guest is running Windows Server 2008. I have an iso of SQL server on my host that I need to get onto my guest so that I can install it on my Windows server. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

Re: Getting iso from host to guest

Posted: 15. Oct 2012, 06:19
by stefan.becker
Look in the devices tab when the VBOX guest is running.

You can mount an ISO as cd/dcd to the guest at runtime.

Re: Getting iso from host to guest

Posted: 15. Oct 2012, 06:27
by BillG
In fact it needs to be on the host. An OS or an installer cannot use an ISO directly, but VirtualBox can. An ISO is in effect a virtual DVD. You have to burn it to a physical DVD (or use special software) to use it directly in a machine.