Is there a way to force VirtualBox to allow cutting and pasting between Windows and the console in the standard Sage installation?
Here's the process I'm going through. First, I updated my version of VirtualBox, and updated the version of Sage it's running to 5.1. I noticed that in this version, Sage opens in a Notebook view, and I am able to cut and paste from a notebook to my progress notes. Then, I used the instructions at http://wiki.sagemath.org/SageAppliance#Using_the_Sage_shell to switch from a notebook view to the console view, and logged in as "sage" with password "sage". The VirtualBox manual at http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html says that I need the "Guest Additions" package to copy and paste between VirtualBox and windows in Windows. It further tells me that I ought to be able to install the "Guest Additions" by going to the Devices menu in the window of VirtualBox that's running Sage, and choosing "Install Guest Additions". However, when I do this, I get an error message that begins "Unable to mount the CD/DVD image". My goal here is to try out a couple of patches. But I'm not sure I trust myself to type the URLs by hand without error. UAW -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
