Virtualbox XP host to Ubuntu 8.04 guest folder sharing

How to share a forder on XP host to Ubuntu 8.04 guest

1. On XP guest menu, go to Devices -> Shared Folders
2. Add a new share (ex. C:\SharedFolder)
3. On Ubuntu 8.04 guest create a new directory (ex. /home/MountFolder)

mkdir /home/MountFolder

4. Then, run

mount -t vboxsf SharedFolder /home/MountFolder

Virtualbox XP host to XP guest folder sharing

How to share a forder on XP host to XP guest

1. On XP guest menu, go to Devices -> Shared Folders
2. Add a new share (ex. C:\SharedFolder)
3. On XP guest open command prompt then run:

net use z: \\vboxsvr\SharedFolder -p