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Virtual machine pass data between host and VM ? (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by Corsair@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi,

I have a fresh debian VM under VMware W0rkstation.

I was wondering how can I pass data between the host (Windows :/ and the VM) with the VM being fully offline is it possible ?

Tested and not working:

host sharing a network drive (SMB) not possible as debian will require the install of cifs-utils
create a virtualized NTFS drive. not possible need ntfs-3g for debian

Any ideas ?

note: open-vm-tools is impossible either as I want to install it without being connected ton the www.[^1]

Thanks.

[^1]: World Wide Web (aka internet)

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[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Remove the closed source VMWare and Install the open source Virtualbox ?

[–] spaghetti_carbanana@krabb.org 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The two aren't even in the same league. I'm a big open source advocate don't get me wrong, but VirtualBox is horrible to use and its not what OP asked.

[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you're not trying to create complex virtual networks, or have hardware accelerated graphics, VirtualBox can be a bit unintuitive, but has all of the features that VMWare makes you pay for, available for free.

[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Or just use virtmanager + libvirt