guest additions virtualbox shared folders

I suggest trying step 7 first and returning to step 6 if that fails. * A commenter on previously mentioned thread says this step is unnecessary but it doesn't work without on my system. linux-obj/$HOSTTYPE/default/Module.symvers. Make oldconfig & make prepare & make scripts & make depĬp.

This mounts an iso image in your OpenSUSE guest. Sudo zypper make gcc kernel-source kernel-hosttype/default -develĥ - Run the Virtual Machine and go to Devices > Guest Additions You need to install the right development kernelpackage for your machinetype (use ' zypper search -i kernel' to see what's installed) Via the Virtual Machine details or via Devices > Shared Folders.Ĥ - Install dependencies for running the Virtualbox installer Situation: OpenSUSE installed in a Virtualbox Virtual Machine and I want to set a shared folder.ġ - Set up a Virtual Machine and install OpenSUSE 11.2Ģ - Create a shared folder on host (HostFolder)ģ - Setup the shared folder in Virtualbox This was the only thread that helped me to get shared folders to work but it was incomplete for my purpose so that's why this thread exists.

Hopefully this will save someone a lot of hassle and please respond if there is a better way to do this! (There probably is but I haven't found it yet.)Īlso most of this is shamelessly ripped from this excellent thread: VirtualBox Guest additions in OpenSUSE 11.2 - openSUSE Forums This cost me a lot of time to figure out and this is just multiple threads combined into one.

Guest additions virtualbox shared folders