On 03/27/2011 01:32 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 27/03/11 11:58, Claude Jones wrote: >> >> On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >>> Therein lies my problem, sftp to where? How do I >> >>> address the shared files in the virtual WindowsXP. I even >> >>> copied them to a new directory under the "c" drive designation >> >>> but I can't find the virtual files from here in F14. >> >>> >> >>> It may be obvious but I don't see it, makes me feel >> >>> dumb! >> >> >> I just tried file-sharing setup between a virtual Win7 machine running >> in Virtual Box and my Fedora 14 host. It's relatively trivial to set >> up a share on your host machine. First, shut down the virtual machine, >> the XP vm in your case. Then, in the VirtualBox Manager window, for >> your machine, find the item that says "Shared Folders" - clicking on >> that will give you a wizard that will allow you to set up a shared >> folder on your Fedora machine that will be seen by your XP virtual >> machine the next time you run it. When you open up XP the next time, >> you should be able to open a Windows Explorer window and see the share >> in the list (in my Win7 Explorer window, the share appeared at the >> bottom of the tree that started with 'Computer') >> >> >> So, that's one direction. If you want to be able to move files from >> your Fedora host to your Virtual XP machine, that's a different story >> - VNC could be a simple way to do this in addition to the other >> suggestions you've gotten >> >> >> -- >> >> Claude Jones >> >> Brunswick, MD, USA >> > > I created a folder /home/bobg/winshared in this computer. > > Then in virtualbox under "Shared Folders" I entered > /home/bobg/winshared again which it shows as "winshared > /home/bobg/winshared" > > In the virtual Windows I think I have tried every possible > combination under shared folders, etc. but to no avail, no files > are transferred to Linux and Windows does not show "winshared" > directory. I can move files around within Windows, even tried > creating a "winshared" directory there. The problem may well be > that I am not dealing with the Windows side properly. > > However I'm beginning to think this project is not worth the > effort I am putting into it. > > Thanks. > > Bob > > > > It should show up as a network drive. What's on D:, E:, etc.? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
