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Now anything placed in this folder should be visible from the host in the ~/share folder. On the Windows Guest, run net use x: \\vboxsvr\share With a shared folder named share, as above, the folder can be mounted as the directory ~/host with the command sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) share ~/host Optionally select the 'Make permanent' option.For instructions on how to do this, see Guest Additions.Ĭreate a folder on the Host computer (ubuntu) that you would like to share, for example ~/shareīoot the Guest operating system in VirtualBox. But the steps you take are similar to setting up file sharing over real networks.)īefore sharing folders, you must install Guest Additions. For virtual machines, the network between host and guest is virtual since they are on the same real machine. (Files are shared over a network, in other words, you access remote files. Then just click return and the drive should show.This explains how to share files and folders (directories) between host and guest. Obviously you need to replace YOUR SHARED FOLDER NAME with whatever the name of your shared folder is, in my case the entry looked like this: \\vboxsvr\Virtual_Shared Now for the bit none of the documentation tells you! Choose a drive letter for the shared drive but instead of browsing for the drive (as you would normally) you need to enter this in the folder field: \\vboxsvr\YOUR SHARED FOLDER NAME Now in Vista, open Computer from the start menu and click the ‘Map network drive’ button.

I added this under both Transient and Machine folders. Now start your guest machine (Vista in this instance) and choose Devices from the VirtualBox top bar menu.Ĭhoose ‘Shared Folders…’ and click the plus button on the right of the resultant window and browse to the shared folder you just made. Here’s how to make it happen.įirstly, create a shared folder on your OSX machine (right-click on the folder you want to share/see in Vista choose ‘Get Info’ from the menu and then tick ‘Shared Folder’)

I was having trouble viewing a shared folder from the host operating system (Mac OSX in my case) on the guest operating system (Vista).