VirtualBox Additions (Mint is guest OS)

[thomas175]

I have installed VirtualBox 1.6 on a XP computer and then installed Linux Mint KDE Light within the VirtualBox. In attempting the next step of installing VirtualBox Linux Additions I have run into a no such file error. Attached is a screen shot of the error that I get in the Terminal trying to open the VBOXADDITIONS file. What do I need to do to correct this?

Thanks, Thomas

[miket]

Hi Thomas,

The VirtualBox Additions are mounted on /media/cdrom0 looking at your screenshot,
so your cd command would be this:

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cd /media/cdrom0

Once in the directory you can issue the following command :

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 sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

I hope this gets you going OK!

Mike.

I have installed VirtualBox 1.6 on a XP computer and then installed Linux Mint KDE Light within the VirtualBox. In attempting the next step of installing VirtualBox Linux Additions I have run into a no such file error. Attached is a screen shot of the error that I get in the Terminal trying to open the VBOXADDITIONS file. What do I need to do to correct this?

Thanks, Thomas

[thomas175]

Thanks Mike that worked. Appreciate the clear and easy to follow suggestions.