[vbox-users] Shared Folders

2008-05-09 Thread JD
Hello List, Updated to vbox 1.6 on my winXP. Had a previous guest of FC 8 which I was using with vbox 1.5.x. This is the first time that I chnaged theVM configuration to add 2 shares to it. Both shares are the root dirs of windows disks: f:\ and g:\ The share names were set to f and g respectivel

[vbox-users] Shared folders

2009-04-24 Thread James Mansion
I can't mmount a shared folder with vbox 2.2 (Vista host, assorted Linux guests including openSUSE 11.1 and Xubuntu 9.04, PUEL). GAs build OK. mount.vboxsf says 'protocol error' though. (It does run though, its not as if the GA installation lied) Also, I seem to get the VBox GUI hanging ofte

[vbox-users] shared folders

2009-07-21 Thread dick hoogendijk
OK, I've a question about the reliability of shared folders. Host: OpenSolaris-b118 (all FS are ZFS) ; Guest: Windows XP (sp3) The maual is clear: Shared folders allow you to access files of your host system from within the guest system, much like ordinary shares on Windows networks would -- excep

[vbox-users] Shared folders

2009-11-18 Thread Bob Williams
I am running a Windows Vista Home Premium guest on an openSUSE 11.1 linux host. I have shared a folder on the host containing my photograph collection. In the Win Vista guest I am trying out Adobe Photoshop Elements. The Win Vista guest can see the shared folder as a mapped drive (readable and w

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders

2009-07-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 07/21/09 14:15, dick hoogendijk wrote: OK, I've a question about the reliability of shared folders. Host: OpenSolaris-b118 (all FS are ZFS) ; Guest: Windows XP (sp3) Has 118 fixed the GUI problems of 116-117? Do I need VBox 3.x to support Guest Additions of 118? I'm not upgrading beyond 2.

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders

2009-07-22 Thread Klaus Espenlaub
Paul Gilmartin schrieb: On 07/21/09 14:15, dick hoogendijk wrote: OK, I've a question about the reliability of shared folders. Host: OpenSolaris-b118 (all FS are ZFS) ; Guest: Windows XP (sp3) Has 118 fixed the GUI problems of 116-117? Do I need VBox 3.x to support Guest Additions of 118? I'

[vbox-users] shared folders second try

2007-01-19 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Sorry, if that looks impatient... Again I want to ask about shared folders. In my case it doesn't work. I installed Windows XP Sp2 as guest on Ubunutu Dapper host system. Installation went fine, NAT is available and working. I want to access local files and think shared folders is the way to go

[vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Vladimir Petrović
Hi all, I'm having stability issues with shared folders on Linux host, Windows guest. If I try to copy large files from the shared folder or run some software installer from it, Windows guest crashes and reboots. This used to happen with 1.3.6, but not is seems to be happening more often. I'm goi

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders second try

2007-01-22 Thread Wolfgang
KP Kirchdoerfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > - shared folder don't need any networking setup? yes > - the "server" name is fixed for the built-in server as vboxsrv? I think so > I added a shared folder to my vms > > ./VBoxManage sharedfolder add XP_SP2 -name "myshare" -hostpath "/opt" T

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Jakob Buchgraber
Vladimir Petrović wrote: > Hi all, > I'm having stability issues with shared folders on Linux host, Windows > guest. If I try to copy large files from the shared folder or run some > software installer from it, Windows guest crashes and reboots. This > used to happen with 1.3.6, but not is seems to

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Whidby
Jakob Buchgraber wrote: > I got similar problems. When saving a file with Microsoft Word in a > shared folder the shared folder disappears and Word crashes. After > reboot of the guest and re-adding the shared folder everything works > fine again. It's a lot more stable if you save your files

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Vladimir Petrović
On 3/16/07, Mark Whidby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I got similar problems. When saving a file with Microsoft Word in a > > shared folder the shared folder disappears and Word crashes. After > > reboot of the guest and re-adding the shared folder everything works > > fine again. > > It's a lot

[vbox-users] Shared folders on Mac host?

2008-02-13 Thread Glen McAllister
Hi, I was wondering (again) if anyone has managed to get Shared Folders working with a Windows 2000 Pro guest on a Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) host (or even *knows* of it working). I recently upgraded to the beta-3 release and I still can't get it to work :( Thanks, GAM __

[vbox-users] Shared folders (linux host/windows guest)

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Popovitch
Any idea on when the issues with shared folders will be fixed for suspended/restored windows guests running on a linux host? -Jim P. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users

Re: [vbox-users] Shared folders on Mac host?

2008-02-13 Thread K.Seki
Hi, It's working for me (with Beta2). But nobody can use Shared folder with Beta3. It's a bug. See the forum. Regards, K.Seki On 2008/02/13, at 20:48, Glen McAllister wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering (again) if anyone has managed to get Shared Folders > working with a Windows 2000 Pro guest on a

Re: [vbox-users] Shared folders on Mac host?

2008-02-13 Thread Glen McAllister
> Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:55:01 +0900 > From: "K.Seki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Shared folders on Mac host? > To: VirtualBox end user list > > It's working for me (with Beta2). But nobody can use Shared folder &g

Re: [vbox-users] Shared folders on Mac host?

2008-02-14 Thread K.Seki
Seki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Shared folders on Mac host? >> To: VirtualBox end user list >> >> It's working for me (with Beta2). But nobody can use Shared folder >> with Beta3. It's a bug. See the forum. > > Ok

[vbox-users] 'Shared Folders' doesn't work with Indiana?

2008-03-17 Thread Amit Kumar Saha
Hello, According to the product help and cross-verification, I see that 'Shared Folder's feature is not usable on the Open Solaris distro- Indiana. Any updates on this? Thanks, Amit -- Amit Kumar Saha *NetBeans Community Docs Coordinator* Writer, Programmer, Researcher http://amitsaha.in.googl

[vbox-users] shared folders / seeing them in the guest

2009-08-13 Thread Thomas De Contes
hi :-) i thought that the VB additions would make all automatically so that the shared folders come on the desktop without any action from the user, but reading the help it seems that we have to use the "mount" tool problem : i'm still learning linux, and i don't know tools like "mount" i ch

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders / seeing them in the guest

2009-08-13 Thread Jesse Palser
Hi, Follow these instructions on the official forum: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15868 Jesse slnth...@aol.com www.SilentHeroProductions.com Thomas De Contes wrote: hi :-) i thought that the VB additions would make all automatically so that the shared folders come on

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders / seeing them in the guest

2009-08-14 Thread Thomas De Contes
Le 13 août 09 à 16:03, Jesse Palser a écrit : Hi, Follow these instructions on the official forum: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15868 thank you for the link :-) with Q, it's possible to use /etc/fstab i don't understand exactly why it is not possible to use it now cou

[vbox-users] shared folders (different question than been asked so far)

2007-01-22 Thread Jim Popovitch
I can successfully setup a shared directory (Linux host) with the correct file perms (775, group=vboxusers), but when I start up a client (win2k or winxp) I get "Unable to browse the network, the network request is not supported" when I try to expand "VirtualBox Shared Folders". All related net se

[vbox-users] Shared folders still not working Win guest Mac host.

2008-02-21 Thread Glen McAllister
Hi, I came across the following procedure on the list I think which helped someone get Shared folders working with a Windows guest on Mac OS Tiger (as am I). I have just tried it and I am *still* getting "System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found" when I try to use the net com

[vbox-users] Shared folders problem with Ubuntu guest on Vista host

2008-04-30 Thread Aylwin Cal
Hi, I created the following ticket: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1444 But then I read on the site that "you might want to discuss it on the maling lists before creating a ticket." Basically, I can't modify or overwrite any files in the shared folders. I can copy and delete though without an

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders (different question than been asked so far)

2007-01-22 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 15:23 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote: > I can successfully setup a shared directory (Linux host) with the > correct file perms (775, group=vboxusers), but when I start up a client > (win2k or winxp) I get "Unable to browse the network, the network > request is not supported" when

[vbox-users] shared folders - The local device name is already in use

2007-01-25 Thread Marius TIVADAR
Hi, First, i like using Virtual Box, it works better then vmware (on my computer at least), anyway, I have some problems with shared folders. If I power off the machine(WinXP in vbox) and check the "Revert to current snapshot" checkbox, and then start the machine, I'm having problems when I want

[vbox-users] shared folders not accessible for normal users on W2k guest

2008-06-01 Thread Gerhard Stengel
Hello, if I log in on my guest OS W2k as a normal user, I can't see any of my shares in the Windows explorer in "Virtual Box shared folders". If I log in as Admin it works OK. Once I was logged in as Admin, I can also see the shares as a normal user. How could this be fixed? I'm running Virt

[vbox-users] Shared folders in Windows Server 2008 as guest on XP

2009-06-19 Thread Hendrik Schober
Hi, I have just installed a Windows Server 2008 as a guest on an XP machine. Fine. Now I wanted to setup a shared folder for exchanging data. However, while the shared folders show up in the network "folder" in an XP guest and in a Server 2003 guest, I can't find anything (except for the virtual

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders - The local device name is already in use

2007-01-25 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 15:48 +, Marius TIVADAR wrote: > Hi, > > First, i like using Virtual Box, it works better then vmware (on my computer > at > least), anyway, I have some problems with shared folders. > If I power off the machine(WinXP in vbox) and check the "Revert to current > snapshot

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders - The local device name is already in use

2007-01-30 Thread Marius TIVADAR
Jim Popovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This problem has been reported by many people, and dev seems to be aware > of it. There is no known workaround for now. (probably should put > something on the FAQ). > > -Jim P. > > > ___ > vbox-users ma

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders not accessible for normal users on W2k guest

2008-06-02 Thread Seth Keiper
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Gerhard Stengel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > if I log in on my guest OS W2k as a normal user, I can't see any of my > shares > in the Windows explorer in "Virtual Box shared folders". > If I log in as Admin it works OK. Once I was logged in as Admin, I ca

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders not accessible for normal users on W2k guest

2008-06-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Gerhard, this issue will be fixed in VirtualBox 1.6.2, which will be released soon. Regards, Andreas Gerhard Stengel schrieb: > Hello, > > if I log in on my guest OS W2k as a normal user, I can't see any of my shares > in the Windows explorer in "Virtual Box shared folders". > If I lo