Configure VirtualBox Shared Folders in a Windows Host

How to mount shared folders in a Linux guest running on a Windows host

In VirtualBox:

• Start the Linux virtual machine
• Click on the Devices menu and choose Install Guest Additions…
• This mounts the VBox Guest Additions ISO image. Run this as root:

# ./media/cdrom0/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

• Reboot the Linux virtual machine.
• From the Devices menu, choose Shared Folders… and add any folder or drive. Make sure that the Make Permanent checkbox is ticked. For example, add D:\VirtualBox with the name VirtualBox.
• Create the directory to mount the shared folder on:

# mkdir /mnt/vbox_share

• Run:

# mount.vboxsf VirtualBox /mnt/vbox_share

• To mount this every time linux boots, edit the file /etc/rc.local and put the following line at the start:

mount.vboxsf VirtualBox /mnt/vbox_share

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