Sharing folders between Ubuntu(host) and Windows XP(guest) with virtualbox

[zuperxtreme]

I'm trying to get virtual box to share folders between OS's.

I shared /home/max in ubuntu. I used Windows Network(SMB) as the method.

Then in Virtual box I used that same location as the shared folder for windows and named it ubuntu.

I tried "net use X:\\vboxsvr\ubuntu" but the cmd prompt throws me an error 67.

I also tried :

sudo vboxmanage sharedfolder add "Windows XP" -name "Home" -hostpath "/home/max"


but it says that there are no machines with the name "Windows XP".

I checked in .VirtualBox and sure enough, it's there.

Help me share files across them....

[RDProgrammer]

This is totally integrated in Virtual Box.

Somewhere in the settings you can choose Ubuntu folders that appear in the shared folders in the network>workgroup>whatever section of windows.

Sorry this is rough but I don't have Virtual Box in front of me. Later I'll give the exact location if you don't figure it out.

RDP