guest additions virtualbox shared folders

This will install the list of compilers and modules required to install the Virtual Box addition software. List the content of VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO 1.4 Install pre-requisite rpmsīefore we install the Guest Addition software, there are certain pre-requisite which must be covered or else the installation will fail with errors like “ VirtualBox Guest Additions: Kernel Headers Not Found For Target Kernel“ ~]# yum -y install gcc make perl bzip2 kernel-headers-$(uname -r) kernel-devel-$(uname -r) elfutils-libelf-devel xorg-x11-drivers xorg-x11-util 1.3 Verify the content of the ImageĬheck the content of the ISO. Mount: /mnt: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only. I know sr1 contains the virtual box addition image so I will mount it on /mnt ~]# mount /dev/sr1 /mnt Currently my server has two ISOs which are mounted ~]# lsscsi This will open a new window, select Storage from the left menu and check if VBoxAdditions.iso is mounted Verify if Guest Additions Image is added 1.2 Mount Guest Additions Image on the server To verify if the Image is mounted successfully, click on Machine from the top menu and from the drop down click on Settings. Insert Guest Additions CD Image to the VM In the drop down menu click on Insert Guest Additions CD Image. Just power on your VM and on the console look out for Devices from the top menu. The good thing is that you don’t have to download any additional software to setup VBoxGuestAddition. This is a mandatory pre-requisite if you wish to configure a shared folder with VirtualBox.

Guest additions virtualbox shared folders