![]() Log out and back in, everything should work fine now. There is only one more step add any user in your guest system that needs access to the folder to the group vboxsf: sudo adduser $USER vboxsf On the Settings dialog box, click Shared Folders in the list of options on the left. Then, select the guest machine in the list on the left of the VirtualBox Manager and click Settings on the toolbar. Method 2: Burn to an ISO (Thanks to u/CaponeFroyo for this method) Another way of transferring files to a VM is through a virtual ISO. To do this, first make sure the guest machine is powered off. Inside your virtual machine you should be able to access the drive and copy files from/to it. Once its ready, plug in your flash drive again. Job Done the shared folder appears on you guest machine as /media/sf_Vboxshare Start your virtual machine and wait for it to boot up. Then, go into settings for your virtual machine, select shared folders then the plus icon to create a shared folder and fill in the details set it to auto mount. I've created one called VboxShare in my home directory.įirst, make sure that your virtual machine is powered off. ![]() Next step create a folder on your host machine as as share area I do not believe its possible to share files between the host and the guest without installing the extension pack first though I could be wrong on this.Ĭheck that the version of Virtualbox you have.
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