This software allows the guest machine to completely integrate with the host for seamless operations. You can’t just access files and folders from the host machine without first enabling shared folders.īefore you can enable shared folders on the host machine, you must first install VirtualBox guest additions software on the guest machines. Remember guest machines run inside a host machine as a separate entity. This post is going to show you how to access host folders from Ubuntu guest machines.

Now that you know a thing about VirtualBox, let’s move on to what this post is about.

Hosts with fewer resources will run fewer guest OSs. The host computer should have more than enough resources (CPU, RAM, Hard Drive) to host as many guest operating systems as you want. VirtualBox is a virtualization software that lets you run multiple guest operating systems ( Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and few others) from a single computer known as the host computer. If you don’t know what VirtualBox is, then let me give you a brief summary. That’s because we’ve written a lot about it. If you’ve been following this blog, then you probably know a thing or two about VirtualBox.

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