VirtualBox Shared Folders: XP Host vs Ubuntu Guest

With VirtualBox you are running Ubuntu guest in an XP host, and you want to know how to have XP shared folders to get accessed by Ubuntu.

1. Assume that
   
   
   • You setup a folder "D:\Documents" on the XP host to be shared under the name "ToBeShared" (set using Devices->Shared Folders).
     
     
   • You make a directory "/mnt/SharedFolder" on the Ubuntu guest.
     
     
2. You can issue the following command in the Ubuntu guest to mount the folder:
   
   
   • mount -t vboxsf ToBeShared /mnt/SharedFolder
   
   The folder should be seen in the gust now.


3. You can edit fstab to mount the folder every time you boot the guest system. Do the following:
   
   
   • sudo gedit /etc/fstab
     
     
   and add the following line at the end of the file:
   
   
   • ToBeShared /mnt/SharedFolder vboxsf rw,exec,suid,dev 0 0