Hi,
I have shared E:/Linux software and L:/ drive in my windows host via VM ware box.
I can able to see those are in shared folder options for linux guest OS.
But how to access these in linux OS.
I just gone through VM box settings option and declared as shared folders.
Is there any more step to do for the same.
Can you please assist me step by step to access the shared folder in linux os.
thnks in advance !
Regards
Ramprakash Arun.
accessing windows host shared drive/folder in linux OS
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Re: accessing windows host shared drive/folder in linux OS
"VM ware box"?
If it's VirtualBox you're talking about (we don't support VMWare), and if you mean that you configured shared folders in the VM settings, then you need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions (see user manual) to get access to them.
If you mean that these are true network shares then the Linux guest can access them using SAMBA, provided you get all the network workgroup/domain name stuff right (Google is your friend for that).
p.s. The path separator in Windows is '\', so "E:/Linux software" would not be a legal name. Possibly VirtualBox hides this error though. Also shared folders have two names: a path and a share name. The former is what the host knows the folder as, the share name is it's identity on the network. The share name is best kept simple, i.e. no spaces or accented characters.
If it's VirtualBox you're talking about (we don't support VMWare), and if you mean that you configured shared folders in the VM settings, then you need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions (see user manual) to get access to them.
If you mean that these are true network shares then the Linux guest can access them using SAMBA, provided you get all the network workgroup/domain name stuff right (Google is your friend for that).
p.s. The path separator in Windows is '\', so "E:/Linux software" would not be a legal name. Possibly VirtualBox hides this error though. Also shared folders have two names: a path and a share name. The former is what the host knows the folder as, the share name is it's identity on the network. The share name is best kept simple, i.e. no spaces or accented characters.