The virtual machine's preferences, however, show the folder as being shared. You can install these required tools with the following command. After rebooting a Red Hat Linux guest that runs SELinux, shared folders no longer appear under the /mnt/hgfs folder. Add the User Account to the VBOXSF User Groupīefore proceeding with the following steps, make sure that you have the VirtualBox Guest Additions installed on your Manjaro or Arch Linux virtual machine.Create a Folder on Your Manjaro/Arch Linux VM.

It’s not difficult, just a slight bit different and I will show you here how to share a windows folder with your Manjaro or Arch based Linux VM in VirtualBox. One of those tasks is sharing a folder from my Windows PC through VirtualBox to my Manjaro Linux virtual machine. Open the VM Settings and go to Shared Folders on your host operating system. To add a shared folder to your Ubuntu VM, you will need to go into the VM settings in VMware. Completing tasks in Manjaro can be a bit different than in Ubuntu and other Debian Linux variants. There are many Linux distributions out there and many choose Ubuntu or some variant of it, I’ve chosen Manjaro which is an Arch based Linux. I like many others, use a Linux virtual machine in VirtualBox from my Windows PC to do development work.

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