

Firstly, within VirtualBox, select the guest machine you wish to contain the shared folder. Launch Virtualbox Click your Ubuntu virtual machine > Settings > Shared Folders Click the add new shared folder button on the right side of. In this article I will be creating a shared folder within VirtualBox that will link my /Users/ericlin/Projects directory with one on the CentOS box under /mnt/projects.
Virtualbox shared folder update#
Trying to update the kernel-devel/kernel-headers to match the 4.4.x version, I ended up with a conflict and I was unable to update the kernel-headers with the 4.4.x version. Luckily VirtualBox supports this, but need a bit of work to get it going. Then use the Add (plus) button on the right to add a shared folder. So we have a pre-requisite of our pre-requisite, which consists of " preparing guest for building external kernel modules"Īnd our HDP 2.6.4 doesn't seem ready: the running kernel (4.4.x id I'm right) and the kernel-devel and kernel-headers versions do not match), which is a condition that is checked during the installation process. In VirtualBox Manager, select the VM of interested and Open the Shared Folders settings. In Virtualbox documentation Chapter 4 Guest Additions, it is said It is not necessary to change the permissions on the host system, just easily mount the shared folder for the normal user: sudo mount -t vboxsf folder share -o uid1000,gid1000 1000 is the default ID of the default user. Select the guest machine you wish to share files with Click Settings > Shared Folders Right-click and select Add Shared Folder and use the following settings. To transfer files from your physical machine to your virtual machine (and vice versa), you can also use VirtualBoxs Shared. Not really ! The devil is inside the details. Ive followed instructions as best I can, installed the Virtualbox guest. The instructions given in the article avoid to mention a setup pre-requisite which is "Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions" on the guest machine, that is to say installing it on our CentOS based HDP Sandbox VM. Shared folders are added directly to your Dropbox account and sync with all.
