VirtualBox 3.0 on Fedora 10

I was trying to install VirtualBox through Repositories. But after installing I realized that what I installed was an VirtualBox Open Source Edition(OSE) and it doesn't has USB Support and shared folder support. We need VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL) to have USB and shared folder support. Below are the steps to install and configure VirtualBox on Fedora 10.

1. Download VirtualBox from here.

2. Goto to the directory where you downloaded the rpm and issue the below command

rpm -ivh #rpm_file_name#

This will create "vboxusers" group and add your user to this group.

3. Start VirtualBox and install Guest Additions for Display enhancement, Full-Screen support and USB support.

4. I tried configuring USB support on latest VirtualBox 3.0.2, but it didn't work. But I was able to use Shared Folders. That solved my issue. So as of now, I am happy with it.

5. To enable Shared Folders, Goto Settings of the Virtual Machine that you have created and in the Shared Folder section, add the folder that you want to share with the Guest OS.In my case I had Windows XP as the guest on Fedora 10.

6. Now login into the guest OS (Windows XP) and issue the below command in the command prompt/terminal.

net use : \\vboxsvr\#shared_folder_name#

7. Now Open My Computer, and you will see a network drive mapped to the Host OS folder.

I found the speed also better and it solved my content sharing issue between Host and Guest OS.