If you are a Linux user, which have VirtualBox with another Linux system and want to share a folder between the guest and host systems, this tip may be for you.

What I wanted was a way to share a folder among my systems and when I boot the guest one, the shared folder be mounted automatically. Next are the steps a follow to achieve it.

  • Create, on the guest system, a directory where to mount the desired shared folder. For example: /mnt/guestDir.