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MainID
MainID

Reputation: 30104

How can I get the files stored in host machine?

I installed a Linux systems on a VMWare which is a guest of Windows XP operating systems.

How can I get files stored in XP file systems directly when working in Linux environment?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1946

Answers (3)

dr-jan
dr-jan

Reputation: 2202

Failing all that, you could use a generic file transfer utility like FTP or SCP :-)

Upvotes: 0

Andy
Andy

Reputation: 12005

If you want access to the guest files from the host, there are user level tools provided by VMWare that allow you to mount VMWare virtual disks.

See: VMWare Disk Mount [pdf]

Upvotes: 0

David Webb
David Webb

Reputation: 193814

You have two ways:

  1. VMware Shared Folders. These are built in to VMware and work well but you need the VMware tools installed and working on the guest OS.
  2. Just share a folder in Windows and mount it in the Linux guest using Samba.

Upvotes: 6

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