LinuxMint 8 running in Virtualbox

At work I have a WineDoh$ machine :( So not to miss my trusty Mint machine during the day I decided to install it in virtualBox.

The tricky part is to get the network running for the guest machine (the LinuxMint), as you need to create a bridge between the host and the guest. Then you need to set the proxy on your LinuxMint guest machine.


Now you should be able to run: 

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

And get the latest package updates, as well as intall your favorite applications. To share data between the two machines, open the host machines shared folder menu:

Create a shared drive

Then on the guest you need to mount this drive:

sudo mkdir /mnt/windows_drive

sudo mount.vboxfs D_DRIVE /mnt/windows_drive

ls /mnt/windows_drive

and you should be able to see your files.

 [Edit 1] Update on the proxy configuration