How can I get the files stored in host machine?

Question

Hi,I installed a Linux systems on a VMWare which is a guest of Windows XP operating systems.

How can I get files stored in XP file systems directly when working in Linux environment?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You have two ways:

1. VMware Shared Folders. These are built in to VMware and work well but you need the VMware tools installed and working on the guest OS.
2. Just share a folder in Windows and mount it in the Linux guest using Samba.

Answer 2

If you want access to the guest files from the host, there are user level tools provided by VMWare that allow you to mount VMWare virtual disks.

See: VMWare Disk Mount [pdf]

Answer 3

Failing all that, you could use a generic file transfer utility like FTP or SCP :-)