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#1 2010-02-20 19:00:24
- insane_alien
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VirtualBox crashes when tring to add a shared Folder.
Hey there,
as the title say, my Virtualbox keeps crashing when i try to setup a shared folder. It will crash just after i select a folder on my system and then either when i press okay or the 'read only' checkbox.
I don't know which logs would be helpful so if you are going to ask please tell me which ones and how to get them.
it'll boot up a virtual machine without much trouble though.
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#2 2010-02-21 22:35:00
- MAroco
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Re: VirtualBox crashes when tring to add a shared Folder.
You generally find the logs under /var/log/ The usual suspects would be dmesg.log, errors.log, everything.log.
How did you install Virtualbox? Did you follow this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Virtualbox ?
The ability to use shared folders is provided by the guest additions if I remember correctly. Are they installed and are the deamons started?
What guest system are you running inside the VB?
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#3 2010-02-22 02:12:16
- ngoonee
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Re: VirtualBox crashes when tring to add a shared Folder.
It may be libpng related. Try installing the latest virtualbox_bin with its libpng12 dependency. Check the last few comments on the AUR page for details.
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#4 2011-01-15 03:00:58
- knuckles
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Re: VirtualBox crashes when tring to add a shared Folder.
Anyone resolve this issue? I can't figure this one out.
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#5 2011-01-15 03:15:58
- knuckles
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Re: VirtualBox crashes when tring to add a shared Folder.
Nevermind. For a linux host with a windows guest:
$ VBoxManage sharedfolder add "<virtual machine>" -name "<share name>" -hostpath "<host path>"
Then add it in the guest.
c:\> net use <drive>: \\vboxsvr\<share name>
I did my best to comb the internet before posting to the forums, and as soon as I gave in... http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Vi … ed_Folders
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