Debian virtual machine created by VirtualBox shares files with Windows host

the term:

1. VM: Virtual Machine

step:

1. Download and install VirtualBox 6.0.8 on Windows 10 (time: 2019/5/30), download address: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.8/VirtualBox-6.0.8-130520-Win.exe

Or https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads to select another version;

2. Start VirtualBox and create a Debian VM.

3. Download the system installation image from the Debian site, right-click the ISO image file, select "Mount", insert it into the virtual CD-ROM drive and prepare to "play". The drive letter of the virtual CD-ROM drive is assumed to be "H" (this is the H drive).

Download address: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-9.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso or https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst for other versions;

Note: If there is no "Mount" option, please install the floppy disk first.

4. Select the VM created in step 2 in the VM list on the left side of the VirtualBox window, click the Settings button (a large gear) on the upper toolbar to open the settings interface, click the "Storage" option on the left, and add a disk to the VM. The disk corresponds to drive H.

5. Click the Run button (a large arrow) on the toolbar above the VirtualBox window to start the VM. It will eventually start and run the Debian installer from the H drive. After the system installation is complete, restart the system to enter Debian;

6. Type root and press Enter, then type the password you set when installing the system and press Enter to log in to the system;

Note: When you are typing your password, there will be no corresponding output on the screen. This is normal and the purpose is clear to everyone.

8. Type apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) and press Enter to install the Linux headers; type shutdown and press Enter to wait for shutdown.

9. Follow step 4, delete the disk corresponding to drive H, and add a new disk. The disk corresponds to the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file in the VirtualBox installation directory (the path on a 64-bit operating system is: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox; the path on a 32-bit operating system may be different)

10. Refer to steps 5 and 6 to log in to the system again, type mkdir /mnt/vboxadd and press Enter, type mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/vboxadd and press Enter to mount the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso content to the /mnt/vboxadd directory;

11. Type cd /mnt/vboxadd and press Enter to enter the directory;

12. Type sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --nox11 and press Enter to enable Debian to recognize the vboxsf file type; type shutdown and press Enter to wait for shutdown.

13. Follow step 4, find the shared file option, select a folder (such as: c:\shareF) to set as fixed sharing, set the share name (such as: shareF), and leave other options blank.

14. Refer to steps 5 and 6 to restart the system and log in again. Type mkdir shareFromWin and press Enter. Type mount -t vboxsf shareF shareFromWin press Enter.

Done!

Create a new text file in the Windows folder c:\shareF and it will be visible in the Debian folder /root/shareFromWin, and vice versa.

Summarize

The above is what I introduced to you about how to share files between a Debian virtual machine created by VirtualBox and a Windows host. I hope it will be helpful to you. If you have any questions, please leave me a message and I will reply to you in time. I would also like to thank everyone for their support of the 123WORDPRESS.COM website!