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Go to Devices > Optical drives > choose disk image.Download the VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.12.iso from.Yesterday, I am able to share the folders from my host OS Macbook (high Sierra) to Guest OS Windows 10 How that works should probably be a different thread. I still haven't found that documented, but it appears to be the case (probably I'm not looking for the right explanation terms because I don't already know the explanation). Only one installation for multiple "machines". I wish I had known that to start.Īlso, it appears that when I installed the Guest Additions on my Linked Base machine, it propagated to the other machines that were based on it.

#Osx virtualbox sierra cd not loading update#

Nothing to mount, nothing to "insert".Įlsewhere I found that the Guest Additions update was part of the update package, so I guess the new VB found the new GA CD automatically when Windows went looking. But just going through the Mac VirtualBox Devices menu and picking "Insert Guest Additions CD Image." seemed to do the trick.

After Windows reboots, your new drive should show up as a Network Drive in Windows Explorer.Īt first I was stuck trying to figure out out to "insert" the Guest Additions CD image in Windows because I presumed it was a separate download that I would have to mount or somehow attach to the virtual CD drive.

Cycle through the prompts and once you finish installing, let it reboot.

Once Windows is running, goto the Devices menu (at the top of the VirtualBox Manager window) and select "Insert Guest Additions CD Image.".

Then, populate the Folder Path (or use the drop-down to navigate) with the folder you want shared and make sure "Auto-Mount" and "Make Permanent" are checked.

VirtualBox Manager: Open the Shared Folders setting and click the '+' icon to add a new folder.

Step 1 (Shared Folders Setting in VirtualBox Manager) is discussed in section 4.3īecause there isn't an official answer yet and I literally just did this for my OS X/WinXP install, here's what I did:.

#Osx virtualbox sierra cd not loading manual#

Step 3 (Guest Additions) mentioned in this response as well as several others, is discussed in great detail in manual sections 4.1 and 4.2.

#Osx virtualbox sierra cd not loading pdf#

4+ years later after the original reply in 2015, now offers an official user manual in both html and pdf formats, which effectively deprecates the previous version of this answer: