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10 questions linked to/from How to share files from Host to Guest in VirtualBox? Host-Ubuntu, Guest-Ubuntu
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Sharing between Host and Guest in Virtualbox
Since Ubuntu 11.10 use a new kernel, it's very difficult to have a decent support for virtualization.
VirtualBox doesn't support guest additions for ubuntu 11.10, so I can't copy to and from my ...
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Copying files from Ubuntu guest to Windows host [duplicate]
I want to transfer files from my Ubuntu (installed on VirtualBox Version 5.1.26) to Windows 7 host. I'm able to copy files from my host to guest using Shared Clipboard but I want to copy the other way ...
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Running in a VM. How can I access the host computer's files? [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu in a VM, which is running on a Win7 host. How can I access the host computer's files?
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"Protocol error" mounting VirtualBox shared folders in an Ubuntu guest
I have Ubuntu 10 as the guest OS on a Windows 7 machine. I have been trying to setup shares through VirtualBox, but nothing is working. First, I create the share in VirtualBox and point it to a ...
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How to install latest version of Nitroshare on Ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04. How to install and configure the latest version of NitroShare on Ubuntu.
I would like to know how to install it from PPA and from source.
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Mounting issue with Mac-host and Ubuntu-guest shared folder on VirtualBox
Using VirtualBox 4.3.28 r100309 on Mac OSX Yosemite 10.10.3, I have a running ubuntu 14.04 LTS guest machine. On the mac in virtualbox "Manager" main screen, I right-click the running machine icon, ...
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Transfer files from virtualbox ubuntu server /var/www to local ubuntu
I have a Ubuntu virtualbox installed Ubuntu Server. My local machine has Ubuntu 12.04 OS. I need to copy files from the /var/www in the virtualbox Ubuntu Server in to my local machine. (My network ...
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Direct copy and paste between host and guest machines?
I wanted to enable copying and pasting between my host and guest machines, so I installed VirtualBox Guest Additions. As a result, I became able to copy and paste text, but still unable to share files....
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Do I need to create a ntfs partition for Windows running in a virtual machine?
I plan to install 14.04 on my laptop,and then install Windows 8.1 inside a virtual machine (not yet decide which software for virtual machine).
When I install 14.04, do I need to create some ntfs ...
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Getting Guset-Host file sharing to work under ubuntu 16.04 virtualbox 5.1
As cited in the title I have ubuntu 16.04 and virtualbox 5.1 with the vb extension pack.
I've tried everything in both :
How to share the files from Host to Guest in virtual box? Host-ubunutu/Guest-...