Step 08 : Just for a test, create (or copy) a file into /mount folder as shown below.

(NOTE : This will be unmounted when you power off the VirtualBox, so you would need to do this step everytime when you run Ubuntu on Virtual Box) In this example, the VBoxShared folder will be mount to the folder /media. Step 07 : Mount the shared folder to a folder that you want as shown below.

Sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms You only need to do this once when you first setup the shared folder. You don't need to do this everytime you Boot up Ubuntu in the Virtual box. Now you see the shared folder shows up in the list as shown below. Step 05 : Confirm on Folder path and Folder name, and Check option and hit. Step 04 : Specify the path for the shared folder that you created in step 01 as shown below. Step 03 : Select options on the left panel and click on the operating system on Virtual Box and click menu and icon as shown below. Step 02 : Select the operating system on Virtual Box and click menu Step 01 : Create a folder that you want to share on Windows

Operating System installed in Virtual Box : ubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.isoįollowing is the procedure to setup and verify the shared folder.

Windows 10 on 圆4-based PC(Intel64 Family).

The operating systems and virtual box that I am using are as follows. I just this again today (Jan 19, 2018) and I decided to write down what I did before I forget. I googled many tips on setting the shared folder but most of those tips often missing with one or two critical steps and spend so much time and effort on figuring out the missing part.

In this use model, there are many cases where I want to copy files between the host (Windows 10 in my case) and the VirtualBox. I am using Linux mostly on VirtualBox in Windows (I've rarely use Linux only PC). Linux - Shared Folder in VirtualBox Home : Shared Folder Setting in VirtualBox

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