Posted on August 11, 2008 by Gaurav Verma
The Version combination for this scenario..
This problem was encountered with the following combination:
Virtualbox 1.6.4
Host OS: windows XP service pack 2
Guest OS: OpenSuSE 10.3
A shared virtual folder was defined for the opensuse virtual machine like this:
In the guest OS, a mount point was defined like this:
linux-jo4o:~ # mkdir -p /ddrive
Now when the mount of the shared [...]
Filed under: SUSE linux, Virtualbox, shared folder, windows host | Tagged: mount vboxsf shared folder virtualbox opensuse modprobe | 6 Comments »
Posted on August 11, 2008 by Gaurav Verma
The problem at hand..
Well, I had to get the shared folder feature working on Open SuSE 10.3 virtual machine for a variety of reasons, and in turn, I had to install guest additions on virtualbox 1.6.4. There were a bunch of package dependencies even before coming to this error, and unfortunately, I dont have the [...]
Filed under: SUSE linux, Virtualbox, Virtualization, linux, opensuse | Tagged: online repository yast, opensuse 10.3 virtualbox guest addition installation in | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 1, 2008 by Gaurav Verma
The why — Bloggers need Rich text editing..
If you are a newbie wordpress.com blogger, chances are that at some point you would have pulled your hair out trying to figure out how the heck to display the rich text editing buttons that would give you the MS word like editing features. I definitely remember doing [...]
Filed under: Editing tools | Tagged: editing, kitchen sink, rich text editing, rich text editor buttons, word formatting, wordpress | Leave a Comment »