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 == Shared Folders ==
+Once you create a shared folder in the VirtualBox UI, you may need to mount that folder from the guest.
-Configuring shared folders in virtualbox for Quickstart development
+E.g. for meza,
+<source lang="bash">
+cd ~/src/meza
+vagrant ssh # to get onto the guest
+sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) opt_meza /opt/meza
+# now the /home/greg/src/meza folder on the host is available to the vagrant user on the guest at /opt/meza
+</source>
-# Power down the Quickstart virtual machine.
+== Disk Images ==
-# On the host computer, start the Virtualbox management UI.
+Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images.  All about how VirtualBox stores a 'snapshot' of a guest computer into a file on the host.
-# right-click Quickstart -> settings -> shared folders -> click the folder with the green plus on the right
-# Set the "Folder Path" to a path on the host computer.  Give full read/write access.
-# Set the "Folder Name" to "shared".  no caps.  no vbox-
-# Ok -> Ok -> start Quickstart vm and this file should disappear.
-# Test by moving a file in the host computer into the host shared folder.
-Learn more about VDI - Virtual Disk Images
 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046