Re: virtualbox fans?

On 07/30/2008 10:16 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
NoOp wrote:
On 07/30/2008 08:32 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:

I was afraid of that. Just when I told myself I can live with that as
long as it has the "shared folders" feature, that doesn't seem to work!

I can't find it in the network browsing, even though I set one up and
the log said shared networking is enabled. I go to My Network Places,
view workgroup computers, and my workgroup, and it's just the virtual
system's name. Click entire network, then VirtualBox Shared Folders, and
it's blank.

This is the latest binary version, 1.6.2, with WinXP guest on Ubuntu 8.04.


http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ
[Windows Shared Folders]
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation

I'm not going to say it doesn't work since I'm not at that system at the
moment, but I wondered if you could verify this...

I had a window where I could browse my local workgroup and another icon
marked virtualbox shared drives, and the virtualbox entry was blank and
the local workgroup just has the virtualized system.

I also couldn't use \\vboxsrv or \\vboxsvr in the address bar to browse
shares?

Are these normal? I'll try the fixes in the link you sent when I get a
chance.


I am using Win2KP as the guest, so unfortunately I can't vouch for
WinXP. However on my Win2KP under Entire Network I can see & use:

- Microsoft Windows Network
o Mshome
All samba shares to my machines where I allow access are listed
o Workgroup
A new system that I've brought up using the Win default 'Workgroup'
- VirtualBox Shared Folders
o \\VBOXSVR\<shared folder on this host machine>
o \\VBOXSVR\<another shared folder on this host machine>
- Computers Near Me
o My laptop, and 4 other of my systems (2 connected via wireless)

To set the VBOXSVR folders, you need to define them in Devices|Shared
Folders. They can be transient or machine. Note: I use NAT mode, not
bridged - all of the machines I can browse are all on the same subnet
(192.168.4.xyz) as this (host) machine.

I highly recommend that you also subscribe to the VB mailing list/group:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Community
They do a pretty good job & several of the developers hang out &
actually respond on the list (albeit quite often with RTFM section x :-).






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