Re: [9fans] How to access CD drive?

["Bence Fábián" <begnoc@gmail.com>]

Cifs on windows 7 worked for me after doing the registry workaround
mentioned in the README of cifs

2014-03-09 18:02 GMT+01:00, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>:
> unfortunately virtualbox "shared folders" would require a special driver
> [1] on the guest (i.e. Plan 9) os. the easier route is to figure out the
> network and then use cifs (SMB client on plan9) or sftpfs to import the
> host windows folders into plan 9. this is the recommended method [2] in
> virtualbox documentation.
>
> [1] https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sharedfolders
> [2] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Sharing_files_on_OSE
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> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Steve Foster <steve-jf@outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I'm new here and to plan 9.
>>
>> I'm the kind of person who doesn't always pick things up straight away,
>> I'm a bit slow like that :-) The light bulb usually goes on - eventually.
>> Sometimes I just need someone to flick the switch a few times. So if my
>> questions come across as a bit dumb you'll know why.
>>
>> OK, so I'm new to Plan 9. I've managed to install it in virtualbox
>> (Windows 7 host) and can log in and use it. I've also installed plan9port
>> onto Lubuntu, also running in a virtual machine.
>>
>> Acme has become my main work environment now, I was an emacs user. I like
>> acme a lot and spend most of my time in there (I'm writing this post in
>> it). I use two screens; one with acme (plan9port) and the other with
>> everything else. This set up is working well for me and I'm happy to
>> carry
>> on working like this.
>>
>> However, I would love to try working with acme in plan 9 itself. Well, I
>> can use it with no problems (so far anyway), but I can't get networking
>> or
>> shared folders (virtualbox shared folders) working. This means,
>> obviously,
>> that plan 9 is isolated from the outside world so any work I do is stuck
>> in
>> there. Now, I'm trying ot get my head around the whole plan 9 thing and
>> how
>> it works. I admit I'm struggling with it, but don't want to give up just
>> yet.
>>
>> So for starters, does anyone know how to get shared folders (virtualbox
>> shared folders) working in plan 9, I have them working OK in Lubuntu so
>> no
>> problem there.? I know you have to install the virtualbox guest additions
>> and  this is easy to do, but...
>>
>> This shows how much of a doofus I am. I don't know how to access the CD
>> drive in plan 9 which is where the guest additions would be installed
>> from.
>> How do I do this please? I have searched, but have not managed to find
>> the
>> answer, or maybe I have found it and didn't understand it.
>>
>> I've been reading the 9fan archives and realise that technically all you
>> chaps are way above me (as you can tell from my question) so please be
>> patient with me :-)
>>
>> I also can't get networking to work which may or may not be related to
>> the
>> above, I'm not sure. I have tried the different suggestions I've found,
>> but
>> nothing seems to work. If I could just get shared folders working that
>> would be great to start with.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve.
>>
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