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add help for Guest Additions
add info about shared folders
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== Shared Folders ==
== 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 ImagesAll 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 computerGive 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
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046