With Gentoo I am able to access the shared folder, to transfer files from Windows. ext2, and was used to isolate the boot from the / root, times have changed. The two are similar but also very different, the install time between the two is very different.

My main reason for installing Arch, was to compare it with Gentoo, that is also running in a VM. The /boot was just something to try, and it worked, but Arch would be just as happy to run in one /mnt root partition, with maybe few GB for the swap I used to run ArchĪ few years ago, in dual boot with W7, but those days are gone.

If you’re using CentOS/RHEL 8, then check How to Install VMware Tools on CentOS/RHEL 8 VMware Virtual Machines.I have spent the better part of two days trying to get Arch to run in a VirtualBox install. If you’re using a Ubuntu/Debian or any Ubuntu/Debian based operating system in the VMware VM, then check How to Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu/Debian VMware Virtual Machine. In order to mount VMware shares on Linux, you must have Open VM Tools or VMware Tools installed on your Linux VM. Once you’re done, click on OK for the changes to take effect. You can modify the Name, the Host path, share attributes from here. If you want to change any property of the share, select the share and click on Properties. If you want to remove a share, select it and click on Remove. If you want this share to be read only, check the Read-only checkbox. Make sure Enable this share checkbox is checked. I recommend you not to add spaces in the share Name.

Once the directory/folder is created, you should be able to select it for sharing.īy default, the Name of the shared folder should be the name of the directory you’ve selected. If you want to create a new directory, select a directory (parent) where you want to create a new directory, type in a Folder name and click on Make New Folder. Select a directory/folder that you want to share to the VMware VM and click on OK. Now, click on Browse to select a directory/folder from your host computer. To enable Shared Folders, select Always enabled. Then, go to the Options tab and click on Shared Folders.īy default, Shared Folders is Disabled. To share a directory/folder from the host to a VMware VM, open the VM, make sure the VM is not powered on and go to VM > Settings. In this article, I am going to show you how to share a directory/folder to a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) and how to mount the VMware share from the command line on a Linux VMware Virtual Machine (VM).

Arch virtualbox shared folder