How to do something like Virtualbox Guest Additions on QEMU?

[Azrael]

Hi guys,

I was previously proposed to switch from Virtualbox to QEMU because it is better.

So I thought I gave it a try.

I followed the instructions here:
https://xapax.github.io/blog/2017/05/09 ... s-kvm.html
https://cialu.net/qemu-kvm-on-ubuntu-an ... nd-guests/

But when it gets to steps like these:

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mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L /hostshare /home/guest_user/host_files

I get an error

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bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program.

I noticed that I am supposed to do the mkdir and mount on the terminal from the guest machine But I don't see it on my Windows 7 Guest.

I tried to go View -> Text Consoles -> Text Console 1 but was met with a black screen.

Googling this for the past few days, I tried to do Spice but it doesn't seem to work either.

Any easy to setup way or at least, where am I going wrong?

Thank you.

[CwF]

Your purpose does dictate the solution. Many possibilities with design choice. Personally I think the hypervisor should not be a file host since it is superior to use another vm. All vm's can share a nic, on which the host is - and should be - invisible. I don't use 9P myself, it failed my destructive testing.

The host always has access to everything if needed, look into guestmount provided by libguestfs-tools. Use -ro options to pull from guest to host while the vm is live, -rw when it's off. Consider using a virtual drives in an on/off fashion that can be mounted by any guest or host. For a persistent file system available to all, control that FS in a vm, with a dedicated nic that FS is available to the host. It's simpler and survives my destructive testing.

VDAgent should be installed in the guest to work with Spice, along with QXL video driver. Here the host can graphically drag and drop a file onto the guest desktop.

[Azrael]

Your purpose does dictate the solution. Many possibilities with design choice. Personally I think the hypervisor should not be a file host since it is superior to use another vm. All vm's can share a nic, on which the host is - and should be - invisible. I don't use 9P myself, it failed my destructive testing.

The host always has access to everything if needed, look into guestmount provided by libguestfs-tools. Use -ro options to pull from guest to host while the vm is live, -rw when it's off. Consider using a virtual drives in an on/off fashion that can be mounted by any guest or host. For a persistent file system available to all, control that FS in a vm, with a dedicated nic that FS is available to the host. It's simpler and survives my destructive testing.

VDAgent should be installed in the guest to work with Spice, along with QXL video driver. Here the host can graphically drag and drop a file onto the guest desktop.

I am open to more solutions, I'm using Remmina with a shared local folder then connecting to the Windows Guest as another user via "remote desktop". ^^"

If there's an easier way via the GUI it would be nice.

I have tried installing VDAgent inside the Windows 7 but I can copy and paste text but not files.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Windows virtio drivers: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/qu ... index.html

Windows QXL drivers: https://www.spice-space.org/download/wi ... -wddm-dod/