VirtualBox guest additions

[rrobertt]

I have read several how to guides on installing virtual box guest additions on fedora 10 and they all say the VBoxAdditions should be located in the media folder, but its not there. I have tried unmounting the fedora iso and then manually mounting guest additions iso, I have also tried to automatically mount it but i cant find it. I am new to linux so if someone could tell me how to search for the file i would appreciate it. The host is win xp, and I'm using virtual box version 2.2.2 r46594. Personally I don't think it's actually mounting even though virtual box shows that it has mounted under details CD/DVD-ROM image. thanks.

[scottro]

Hrrm, good question. I'm not sure how it works in a Windows host.

So, if you click the Install Guest Additions, or whatever it's called, are you on Fedora desktop? A CD doesn't appear?

I've only done it on a Linux host, and when I click install guest additions, it shows up. Assuming you did a more or less standard Fedora install for the VM, it *should* be where they say, in /media, usually with a name beginning with VBOXADDITIONS.

I'm not sure if the trouble would be with the host or guest. This works for me on a CentOS host with a Fedora guest.

[rrobertt]

Yes scottro, I am on the fedora desktop window and i release the mouse with right ctrl button, select devices menu and click on install guest additions. The virtual box window shows the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso under the details tab, but its not on my desktop or in the media folder. I also tried it on Ubuntu and i have the same problem so you may be right about the windows host being the problem. I think ill try an older version of fedora and see what happens

[scottro]

Hrrm, in that case I'm a bit stuck. When you say tried on Ubuntu, I assume you mean an Ubuntu guest.

You might try the VBox forums. (I'd definitely do a search first, they tend to lock repeated questions quickly.)

I've not used VBox on a Windows host, so can't say anything more than what I've said, that it works for me, on a CentOS host with Linux guest.

[Seve]

Hello:

I just tested F10 64bit (host) and F10 64bit guest and the option to Install Guest Additions works just fine.
VBox 2.2x

An icon appears on the desktop and it is mounted under /media.


Follow scottro's advice and check out the VBox Forums, unless someone else has a better suggestion.


Seve

[ultra magnus]

If I remember correctly, a

 mount /dev/cdrom0

as root should do the trick, replace cdrom0 with the device you want to mount, usually cdrom or cdrom0 for cdimages.
That would mount it under /media .