- #VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS HOW TO#
- #VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS INSTALL#
- #VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS UPDATE#
- #VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS UPGRADE#
The problem here is that I'm getting the following message: mount: unknown filesystem type 'vobxsf' I've made a directory off of the root called "host". Where "TEST - 250" is the name of the VM, "github" is the name of the folder as I'd like to call it in my VM, and "C:\filepath\github" is the directory path on the Windows host where I can find the contents I would like to share.Īll seems well, and as instructed by Oracle, I am to use this command in the VM: sudo mount -t vboxsf shared ~/host I've followed the instructions for getting the shared folder "Mountable" by using this code: VBoxManage sharedfolder add "TEST - 250" -name "github" -hostpath "C:\filepath\github" If you face any problems during installation, use the feedback form below to ask any questions.I've just got my guest box running CentOS working perfectly, except for one problem. That’s it! VirtualBox Guest Additions make your life simple while using guest operating systems by enabling seamless integration between the host and guest systems.
#VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS HOW TO#
Read Also: How to Enable USB in VirtualBox Once you are done, click on OK to save the settings and boot your guest OS and confirm that the changes you have just made are working as expected. Enable Shared Clipboard in CentOS Virtualbox From the CentOS, RHEL and Fedora guest machine settings, go to General => Advanced and enable these two options from there, click on the drop down options to select an option. Now you need to enable the shared clipboard and drag’n’drop functionality for your guest operating system.
#VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS INSTALL#
Note: If you don’t have a desktop environment installed, you can install Gnome 3 desktop or skip the next section. Once the installation is complete, power off your guest system to perform certain settings as explained below. Login into terminal and run the following commands to mount the Guest Additions ISO file, move into the directory where the guest additions ISO has been mounted, inside there you will find VirtualBosx guest addition installers for various platform, run the one for Linux, as follows. Install Guest Additions in CentOS Installing Guest Additions on CentOS Install Guest Additions via a Terminal This will in turn open a terminal which shows the installation details (follow the on-screen instructions).
Mount Guest Additions ISO on CentOSĪ dialog window will open up, asking you to Run the installer, click on the Run to execute it. If you have a desktop environment installed, use this option, from the Virtual machine menu bar, go to Devices => click on Insert Guest Additions CD image to mount the Guest Additions ISO file in your guest OS.
Now, you can mount the Guest Additions ISO and run the installer in two ways: Install Guest Additions via a GUI # export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)ĥ. Next, set the KERN_DIR environment variable to kernel source code directory ( /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)) and export it at the same time as shown. # dnf install make gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel perl dkms bzip2Ĥ. # yum install make gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel perl dkms bzip2
#VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS UPDATE#
Once update process completes, install all kernel headers, developer tools and other related packages that are required for installing the guest additions from source as shown.
#VIRTUALBOX LINUX IMAGE CENTOS UPGRADE#
Once the upgrade process is done, reboot your system to complete the upgrade process and start using the new kernel. Next, update each package on your guest system including the kernel to the latest version that is both available and resolvable, as shown.
First start by enabling the EPEL repository on your CentOS/RHEL guest operating system to install some required packages needed for the installation process as shown.
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