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List:       vbox-users
Subject:    Re: [vbox-users] accessing guest files in vdi
From:       Peter Ford <pete () justcroft ! com>
Date:       2009-01-28 13:50:30
Message-ID: 498062A6.3040808 () justcroft ! com
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Jon LaBadie wrote:
> I've looked, but not found an answer to this.  Closest I've seen is some
> blogs saying "I figured out how to do this" with responses of "doesn't
> work for me".
> 
>  From the host, I would like to access some files on the guest file 
> system (inside the .vdi) when the guest is not booted.  So basically I'd 
> be looking to mount the guest fs under a host directory.  Is this possible?
> 
> Its a generic question, but the specifics for the current need are a 
> WinXP-pro guest running under a Fedora 9 host on vbox 2.1.2.
> 
> Thanks
> Jon
> 
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I was wondering about this too, but my first work-around was to boot the guest
with a Damn Small Linux ISO in the "dvd" drive, and mount it in there to tinker
with it...

I'd prefer to be able to mount the VDI as if it was a disk image. I thought
about something using fuse (user-space fs mounting) but I haven't gone any further.


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