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markkuk wrote: It looks like there's no chance for shared folders to work with FreeDOS.
Shared Folders in the guest are implemented using the HGCM API of the VirtualBox Guest device, which looks to the guest OS like a PCI device, which VirtualBox emulates. The guest would have a device driver for this PCI device, which then exposes the various VirtualBox features to the guest OS.
That is very useful to have, as it not only provides shared folders, but shared clipboard, screen resize, host mouse integration, etc.
I've unofficially implemented a basic Shared Folders and Shared Clipboard VxD driver for Windows 9x, and in time I could implement it on DOS as well. Would anyone be willing to contribute to or fund such development?
Another option is to implement file sharing for FreeDOS using some network filesystem instead, such as SMB/CIFS, see: Configuring FreeDOS to Access a Samba Share - SambaWiki[^]
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Excellent reply, and more detailed than I would have been able to supply.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I am sharing files with windows 7 (guest) and windows 10 (Host). but it does require the virtualbox guest additions. I'm sure Freedos doesn't have guest additions.
And not really an answer to your question, but.....
Under Windows 10 you can mount certain virtual disk files as a disk. I think a VDK and maybe a VMDK files are mountable. I don't think VDI is.
Search for mounting virtual disk under windows 10. All this really allows as long as freedos uses a disk format that windows recognizes (fat, ntfs) you should be able to find the files and copy them off.
Again doesn't help for just transferring files on demand, but you might be able to recover files this way.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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I do this with MANY vms. I actually mount my D: as the source code
and my VM contains my DEV Environments.
Here is the configuration screenshot:
ScreenShot
So, inside this vm, my hosts C:\TEMP is mapped to the Z: inside the vm.
I think this is exactly what you want.
I only have bridge network enabled, but I don't think it's required.
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To follow up on an earlier reply… if FreeDOS supports \server\share, then just create a new share on the folder you want in the host OS and mount it as a network drive in FreeDOS
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I always use the share capabilities of the guest OS, not the share capabilities of the virtual host.
In my case, I actually have a dell blade server, with 4 blades in all running Hyper-V 2019, so spinning up a VM is almost effortless, but it doesn't matter what your VM host is, Hyper-V, Bochs or anything else.
If I spin up a windows guest, one of the first things I do is make sure that the windows workgroup name matches the rest of my network, you can get to your network name by right clicking mycomputer, clicking on properties then "change settings" in the "Computer Name, domain and workgroup" settings
In my case, my "WORKGROUP" name is set to a specific name, and that name is set to match on every machine in the network, VM or otherwise, you don't need an active directory server or anything to do this.
When you click "Change Settings" a dialog will open, click the grey change button on that and you will see another dialog with computer name in and a choice of "domain" or "workgroup", if your NOT using active directory, then make sure you select "Workgroup" and pick a unique name then click OK.
REMEMBER the name you used.
You will be asked to reboot your PC etc.
Once you restart, do the same with the normal PC that your running your virtual host on, make sure you use the same name.
If your virtual machines are running Linux, then look in the folder "/etc/samba" after first making sure you have samba installed, and find the main samba.conf file, in the file look for the workgroup name option and set that name to be the same as the WORKGROUP name on windows.
Once you have all your VM's set up, then it's just a matter of sharing folders using the normal sharing tools in windows for example right click, properties and click on the sharing tab, under Linux set up shared folders in the samba.conf file in /etc/samba or if you have a linux desktop by using the desktop sharing tools.
Remember to use the correct privileges and restrict the user name, under windows for example the default is to give the "Everyone" user full read access by default to every share you create, I usually remove this and only add specific users and control who can read and who can write.
Can't tell you how to do this in free-dos unfortunately, but I suspect you'll need some kind of NetBios client.
On your regular PC once you set everything up, you should find that in explorer under the "Network" section of your file tree, your shared machines and folders should just show up as UNC paths.
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Is your last drive (in FreeDOS config.sys) set to drive G or later?
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Thanks guys, one and all.
Finally discovered the secret blend of eleven herbs and spices
(I swear, I think the magic did involve eleven different ones; and I have some questions about some of those herbs; hope the teenagers don't discover them)
Anyway, the documentation on FreeDOS was very close to accurate, but, VirtualBox and/or Microsoft and/or FreeDOS and/or neither of them and/or all of them and/or space aliens somehow made one tiny change to the user interface
When I adopted the mindset of questionable mental states (induced by some of those secret herbs) I started making pot-shot guesses as to which things changed between versions, and one of my crazy guesses turned out to be accurate.
And always remember, YOU are the idiot, and the experts are the smart ones.
Uh-Huh
Oh well, I need these guys to do this gig, so, I'm the idiot. yeah.
Whatever, whatever, it works now.
Thank you every one of you, for the loaned brain cells.
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I use Microsoft Authenticator...
I had to install it on the new phone...
There is no way the get the QR a second time if you beyond it already...
Add the account in the old way (email/password)...
Receive a message on the phone in the Authenticator that I have to confirm the login via the Authenticator...
Only resetting my profile in MFA helped to resolve this catch 22...
I believe that inclusion of MFA in the Authenticator is a true gem...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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My very first job when I went freelance (as a home office PC expert, doing hardware as well as software) was to install a CD drive into a desktop machine. It needed drivers, which were helpfully supplied... on CD. Thanks, IBM.
Things only got better after that! 
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You and 9 friends are crafting.
1 person is using glitter.
How many projects now have glitter on them?
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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And for how many years will you find loose glitter in random places?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And how many people understand this example and / or care about?
And I am not speaking about me, but looking at what people and governments are doing...  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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So you cancel all projects.
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Or ban glitter
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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Glitter is an unnecessary (dangerous?) art item and should never have been brought to market. 
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All of them, and according to the media 9 will die.
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Don't worry, EXPERTS will come out and suggest:
1) you put a mask over your project to keep the glitter out, but it's okay to lift the mask to work on the project in that room.
2) as long as the person who started using glitter stops using glitter, it's okay if they leave the open glitter box near a fan (asymptomatic spread)
3) Injecting your other art with a product "not quite proven" to prevent glitter from landing on it will make your art project safe... But we don't know if it will ruin the project or not, and we hope it dries without making it magnetic. (And when > 90% of protected art in Israel was still infected with Glitter... stop looking at that)
4) If someone finds evidence that over 1,000 patents were filed for making glitter spread faster and ruin projects, and that SAME person was the one who brought in the glitter for their project, and they claim, despite being told that "doing this is dangerous and causes glitter to spread wildly", they paid for the research to be done (in a foreign country, where the laws aren't as strict).
5) It's discovered they they predicted this glitter mess about 3-4 years before it happened... (and it turns out, they and their friends PROFIT from the testing and glitter protection)
THEN I think the analogy is spot on.
And to make the spread look worse, dust/dirt is counted as glitter (cycle counts > 27)
Oh, and if an art project is ruined by "glitter protection"...
Well, you need to provide proof, because those projects were at risk anyways 
ROTFLMAO
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What is the proper glittering distance I wonder?
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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When you get a pet rock, should you not take it for granite?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Gneiss one!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Of quartz, just don't get a rock that's been convicted of basalt and battery.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Let me make it crystal clear as I shale say that was a truly igneous pun! It's too slate, now, to geode you into any way into further stoner-style remarks.
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My pet rock is a fighter; he competes in the paper-weight class.
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Mines a tad bigger, in the smelter-weight division.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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