How To Share Disks In VirtualBox Between Linux Guest OS

Let me show you in this smallĀ  tutorial, how to share 1 disk between 2 Linux guests os in Virtualbox.

This tutorial will be very helpful, if you want to Configure and play with GFS or cluster machines.

The the normal screenshot of Virtualbox:

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First, Guest OS Centos1:

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Second Guest OS Centos2:

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Add Extra disk to First machine:

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via File -> Virtual Media manager (Control+D):

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Make the disk Shareable:

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FromĀ  Guest Centos 2, you can add existing disk that was createdĀ  before Centos1 guest OS:

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After this restart the 2 Guest os, you can check if the drive is add:

2014-05-28_111903That’s it.