13 12 / 2011

Installing Windows 7 with Virtual Box in Mac OS X Lion

Here I’m trying to run Windows 7 with Virtual Box on my Mac.

Normal installation works fine,

  1. Creating the drives,
  2. Installing the OS

Well, problem came when I tried to share folders with my Mac.

Have to install Virtual Box Guest addition add on to do that.

Well, nothing happens when I clicked “Install Guest Additions…” under Devices of VB menu. (You have to be running your Windows).


Turns out for some unknown reasons, its has downloaded the ISO file but not mounted automatically. 

Solution: Mount and run the ISO yourself with Windows 7 explorer.
My case, VBoxWindowssAdditions-x86

source: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=45771

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