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Arca OS 5.1.1, VirtualBox and how to make files available.

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Dan Eicher:
 
 I would like an easy way to make files available on a Windows11 machine (running virtualbox) available to Arca OS 5.1.1 running as a VM under vitualbox.
 What is the easiest way to make files available?

JTA:
Virtualbox, and most other virtualization software packages, have a "shared folders" concept. This requires "guest additions" to be enabled on the os within the VM; as you are running ArcaOS, I believe the guest additions are already enabled.

You only need to go into Virtualbox, find and enable a shared folder for your ArcaOS VM, and it will then show up in ArcaOS.

Read more about this in the Virtualbox Administration Guide, available from the Virtualbox download website.

Hope this helps ...

Dan Eicher:
Thanks, I've done that windows emulation (7/xp) on Win11 - but didn't know if it worked with AOS.

I will try it and report back.

Neil Waldhauer:
Shared folders fails to copy files in some cases, leaving a 0 length file on the host system. WPS seems to have the defaults for move and copy swapped.

Other than that, it seems to work pretty well. I wish there was a pair of applications that would allow OS/2 associations to result in actions on the host system. For example, WPURL objects should open a browser tab on the host system web browser.

Martin Iturbide:
Hello

--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on July 19, 2025, 03:09:50 pm ---Shared folders fails to copy files in some cases, leaving a 0 length file on the host system. WPS seems to have the defaults for move and copy swapped.

--- End quote ---

It is on my TODO list to open a ticket about the VirtualBox guests on OS/2 have this issue.

-"Drag-drop+Ctrl" (copy action) from the guest to the host it give me that failure of a  0 length file on the host system.  (ERROR)
-"Drag-drop+Shift" (move action) from the guest to the host it works as the expected "file move". (FINE)
- Only "Drag-drop" from the guest to the host works as a "file move". I'm not sure if that is fine between two different drives.  (NOT SURE)

Regards


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