From Nautilus click Computer / File System –> Media folder and inside it you’ll see a folder beginning with sf_ When you’re done, restart the Ubuntu guest machine and go to the /media/ directory.

Replace USERNAME with your account name in Ubuntu. Now, launch Ubuntu and run this commands to add your account to VirtualBox group. Hit the add button (plus sign) and browse to the folder you wish to access from the guest machine. Next, open VirtualBox from the host machine and select the guest OS you wish to edit, then select Settings –> Shared Folders. So, first install the guest addition software using this guide if you haven’t done it. Without the guest additions software, the guest machines will not operate as smoothly as they supposed to, including accessing shared folders. This software allows the guest machine to completely integrate with the host for seamless operations. You can’t just access files and folders from the host machine without first enabling shared folders.īefore you can enable shared folders on the host machine, you must first install VirtualBox guest additions software on the guest machines. Remember guest machines run inside a host machine as a separate entity. This post is going to show you how to access host folders from Ubuntu guest machines. Now that you know a thing about VirtualBox, let’s move on to what this post is about. Hosts with fewer resources will run fewer guest OSs. The host computer should have more than enough resources (CPU, RAM, Hard Drive) to host as many guest operating systems as you want.

VirtualBox is a virtualization software that lets you run multiple guest operating systems ( Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and few others) from a single computer known as the host computer. If you don’t know what VirtualBox is, then let me give you a brief summary. That’s because we’ve written a lot about it. If you’ve been following this blog, then you probably know a thing or two about VirtualBox.

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