<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Adam:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009>> I'm not looking to attach a new disk or a block deivice, this is a folder that is being mounted </SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009>> and used by the bare metal system that I'd like to pass into the VM. I'm thinking Samba may </SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009>> be the way to go, although there is a fair amount of overhead doing that. <BR></DIV></SPAN> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So, you want to share a folder between the host and the guest and have both</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>be able to use it? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I think you are right, Samba if the guest is Windows and NFS if the guest is</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Linux.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703073320-11112009> <FONT size=2 face=Arial>Neil</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, <A href="http://unmeteredvps.net/">http://UnmeteredVPS.net</A><BR>CentOS 5.4 VPS with unmetered bandwidth only $25/month!<BR>7 day no risk trial, Google Checkout accepted</FONT> </P></BODY></HTML>