With the help of a virtual machine, you can use your host system and guest system (the one in a virtual machine) simultaneously. The biggest reason that you’d want to install a Linux Distribution in a virtual machine is that you do not need to reboot your host operating system to be able to use Linux, which is the case in both Live Boot and Dual Boot. Now you can turn your VM off or simply restart it without lose the sharing.The best way to test the Linux based distribution without out-right installing it on your hard drive as dual boot system is to install it in a virtual machine, be it Virtual Box (by Oracle) or VMware Workstation (either Pro version or a Player, by VMware). Next, press CTRL + X to exit nano editor. host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0Īfter edit it, press CTRL + O simultaneously and press ENTER to confirm the changes. # Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host. If you do not have a section reserved to shared folders, please add this instructions at the end of the file. In this example, we will use nano editor. You must have administrator permission to edit /etc/fstab. Thus, if you want to persist this change, please follow as instructed below. The procedure instructed above work until the next VM restart. If you have experiencing some issues, please restart your VM and check again if the folder is shared following the above commands. That’s it! It is sharing and you can check it by clicking on Activities > Files > Other locations > Computer or running the commands: $ cd /mnt/hgfs/shared $ ls -lia
host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared -o allow_other -o uid=1000 Now, let’s share the ‘shared’ directory we just created. Thus, open your terminal in order to create a directory called ‘shared’ and execute the following command. vmware-hgfsclientĪfter that, create a directory inside /mnt/hgfs.
In order to confirm if your local selected folder was really shared, run the below command and check if your folder will be listed.
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