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virtualbox-ose package

VM Guest OS Still Seen as Host Externally

Bug #184729 reported by OldeFoxx
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Bug Description

Installed Virtualbox 1.5.4 on Ubuntu 7.10 (finally, after numerous attempts).
Installed Windows 2000 Pro as guest OS (no USB support apparent)
Installed from .ISO file (the CDROM passthru did not work with DVD Drive)
Updated Windows 2000 Pro to SP4 (no problems)
set up shared folders to /media/sdaX partitions (no problems)
set up shared folders in VM Windows 2000 under My Network Places (worked)
set up shared folders in VM Windows 2000 using Map Network Drives (worked)
Trieed to download and install Adobe Reader for Windows 2000 + SP4, but Adobe website kept switching download to RPM package because host OS was Ubuntu.

Additional note:
It would be nice to have choice of default hard drive letter when installing Windows as guest OS - this would support allowing shared folders for drive C: to be mapped as network drive C: and avoid unnecessary path changes.

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David Tomaschik (matir) wrote :

Where were you performing the download? From a browser in the guest OS?

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OldeFoxx (oldefoxx) wrote : Re: [Bug 184729] Re: VM Guest OS Still Seen as Host Externally

---- David Tomaschik <email address hidden> wrote:
> Where were you performing the download? From a browser in the guest OS?
>
> --
> VM Guest OS Still Seen as Host Externally
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184729
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> of the bug.

I tried it three ways. The first was using IE in the Windows VM (guest system). The second was using FireFox in Ubuntu (hist system). Both times I ended up getting the RPM package from the Adobe web site. The third time I used Opera in Ubuntu, and got the correct install package for Windows (manual request was for the Windows 2000 SP4 download). I suspect that the Adobe web site has a bug in the manual designation process, and that its automatic recognition of the target machine is causing problems by overriding the manual selection process. Probably they do this for IE and FireFox, but do not really interface the same with Opera, which is not near as popular. But it creates an interesting test environment for whether the VM or Host OS is detected externally. This failure could be a problem when trying to download and install plug-ins automatically if the detection process is incorrect.

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Michael Nagel (nailor) wrote :

is this still an issue?

Changed in virtualbox-ose:
status: New → Incomplete
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Michael Nagel (nailor) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in virtualbox-ose:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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