Unless you have a specific reason to choose something else, Bidirectional is the most convenient. If you'd rather make folders on your host system accessible in the VM, you can utilize shared folders. This Guest Additions feature lets you mount host folders as "network resources" in the guest OS without actually using a network.
Select the Add Share button on the right side, then choose a folder on your computer to share with the guest. Give it a name, choose Auto-mount if you want it to connect automatically, and hit OK.
As mentioned earlier, virtual machines don't support high-resolution graphics from the start. Once you install the Guest Additions, though, you'll have full control over the resolution options in the guest OS's settings menu. For instance, if you have a x monitor, you can display the VM in full-screen at p. That's not the only graphical enhancement that the Guest Additions add. Using them, the guest OS's resolution will dynamically resize as you adjust the VirtualBox window on your computer.
This lets you use the VM at any size you like without playing with resolution options. Finally, with Guest Additions, the guest OS can take advantage of your computer's graphics hardware. If you're playing games or using other graphically intensive software in a WM, this makes a huge difference.
Another neat benefit of the Guest Additions is a seamless mode. This lets you run app windows from the guest alongside apps from your host OS, so it feels like they're all part of one system. It's a lot like how Parallels runs Windows apps on a Mac. If you haven't changed it, the default Host key in VirtualBox is the right Ctrl key. Once you've done this, the VM will go full-screen and VirtualBox will remove its background. You're then free to use its windows with your regular desktop software.
The above functions are the main features of VirtualBox's Guest Additions. There are a few other useful perks to installing them, though these are not as generally useful. One that may affect you, depending on the guest OS, is seamless mouse integration. With most modern OSes, VirtualBox allows you to seamlessly move your mouse between your host and guest system.
Choose 1 and confirm installation of the Guest Additions package. After the installation is complete, log out and log in to X server on your guest, to activate the X11 Guest Additions. The Oracle Solaris Guest Additions can be safely removed by removing the package from the guest.
Open a root terminal session and run the following command:. The Guest Additions should be updated by first uninstalling the existing Guest Additions and then installing the new ones. Attempting to install new Guest Additions without removing the existing ones is not possible. We do not provide an automatic installer at this time. See the readme. All rights reserved. Legal Notices. JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to enjoy all the features of this site. Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions.
Guest Additions for Windows. Microsoft Windows NT 4. Installing the Windows Guest Additions. Start the virtual machine in which you have installed Windows. Updating the Windows Guest Additions. Unattended Installation. Log in as Administrator on the guest. Run the following command: VBoxCertUtil. Manual File Extraction. Guest Additions for Linux. Installing the Linux Guest Additions.
If you suspect that something has gone wrong, check that your guest is set up correctly and run the following command as root: rcvboxadd setup Insert the VBoxGuestAdditions. Change to the directory where your CD-ROM drive is mounted and run the following command as root: sh. Graphics and Mouse Integration.
Updating the Linux Guest Additions. Uninstalling the Linux Guest Additions. Guest Additions for Oracle Solaris. Installing the Oracle Solaris Guest Additions. If the CD-ROM drive on the guest does not get mounted, as seen with some versions of Oracle Solaris 10, run the following command as root: svcadm restart volfs Change to the directory where your CD-ROM drive is mounted and run the following command as root: pkgadd -G -d.
For other, older versions of guest OS's and VirtualBox , the. Follow the next two steps for mounting the. Making VBoxGuestAdditions. For example, in the VirtualBox window, choose the Storage section under Details, and so forth. Note that recent versions of VirtualBox have changed the method of mounting. Now start the guest.
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