Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

[Scharbag]

Sorry for the n00b question.

Could someone please help me install the guest additions for a Windows 7 system in the VBox jail? I cannot seem to find where the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file is located in the jail. Nor can I seem to find a happy way to just download that iso (my GoogleFoo has failed me...).

Cheers,

Edit: System is on FreeNAS 9.2.1.7 system. Jail is VBox 4.3.12_OSE as supplied by the awesome FreeNAS team.

 

[cyberjock]

It's not in the jail. There's a ticket in to include it in the jail. You have to dwonload the additions put it in the jail and use it yourself.

 

[Scharbag]

OK. Thank you for the info.

I will have to sharpen my googlefoo and find the iso.

Cheers,

 

[Scharbag]

Wow, I must have swallowed my tongue earlier...

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.12/

The additions are there.

 

[FlyingPersian]

Could anyone help me in installing this for a Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) system? In the normal VM Manager you can simply select device --> install VB Guest Additions, but that option is missing in phpVirtualBox. I need a step-by-step idiot-proof set of instructions :x Thanks!

 

[Ixian]

Could anyone help me in installing this for a Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) system? In the normal VM Manager you can simply select device --> install VB Guest Additions, but that option is missing in phpVirtualBox. I need a step-by-step idiot-proof set of instructions :x Thanks!

Download the iso from the link above, mount it like any other iso in your VM via the virtual cdrom, go to the directory inside the VM, probably /media, run the installer. There's one for Linux/Debian.

 

[FlyingPersian]

Okay I managed to mount it so far. The one thing I had to do was run "sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt" in the guest, then the CD appeared in /mnt. BUT it didn't install properly as the shared folder feature failed to install. Not sure why, it's probably related to some kernel stuff? I googled for hours, but I couldn't fix it :/