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October 11, 2008

How to access shared folder in Windows host from Ubuntu guest

Filed under: VirtualBox — Tags: , — amy @ 34
  1. Create shared folder in Windows.
    The is the source folder.  For example: e:\ubuntu_share
  2. Specify the shared folder in the Ubuntu guest configuration.
  3. Create destination folder in Ubuntu.
    For example: /myshare
  4. Open a Terminal window in Ubuntu.
  5. Type:
    sudo mount -t vboxsf <source folder> <destination folder>
    For example:
    sudo mount -t vboxsf ubuntu_share /myshare

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