List - virtual machine tips and setup

virtual-machine-tips-and-setup.md

Virtual machine tips and setup

Create a shared folder

1. Create a directory on your host machine; i.e. shared
2. In VirtualBox, click on Devices -> Shared Folders -> + button on right -> type or select path to shared folder on your host

• make sure you select Auto mount and Make permanent

3. In the virtual machine on the command prompt:

• create a new directory in /mnt
• give full access rights to directory
• mount it with proper permissions
• create a soft link to your home directory

$ sharename=shared
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/$sharename
$ sudo chmod 777 /mnt/$sharename
$ sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 $sharename /mnt/$sharename
$ ln -s /mnt/shared/ ~/shared

Reference - http://faculty.washington.edu/rjl/uwhpsc-coursera/vm.html#shared-folders

List contents of connected external hard drive or USB

Access to the contents on the external hard drive or USB are contained in the /media directory

ls /media/jeremiah/{name-of-hard-drive}/