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Can't install Guest Additions using VirtualBox, Ubuntu guest OS, Win7 host OS

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I'm new to VirtualBox and Linux. I've set up VirtualBox 4.0.4 on Windows 7. Successfully created a virtual machine running Ubuntu server 10.10 64 bit. I'm trying to set up Shared Folders. Prerequisite is Guest Additions. I've followed the Manual, as much as I understand it, and have Googled the hec…

Error Output

sh: Can't open ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

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Fix for: Can't install Guest Additions using VirtualBox, Ubuntu guest OS, Win7 host OS

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As I mentioned in the comments, seems the ISO is not mounted. Here's what you can do Ensure that the guest additions ISO is available to the host. You can do this by clicking on -> and point to the GuestAdditions ISO file. The Guest additions is ava…

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