vmplayer - how to share Debian folders with XP [was: vmplayer installer cannot find libs (amd64)]

[michael <cs@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

On 17 May 2008, at 17:01, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:

> michael wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 06:45 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > > michael wrote:
> > > > eg: The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for  
> > > > Linux completed
> > > > successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your  
> > > > system at
> > > > any
> > > > time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware- 
> > > > uninstall.pl".
> > > >
> > > > Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to  
> > > > configure
> > > > it by
> > > > invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do  
> > > > you want
> > > > this
> > > > program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
> > > > {}
> > Fantastic! Installing ia32-libs did the trick!
> > Now if only I could work out how to make some folders on my amd64  
> > Debian
> > system appear on the WinXP virtual machine (without dragging them)!
> > Thanks! Michael
>
> Samba? Or you can use the shared folders option of vmware.

I had tried shared folders but came to the conclusion that for the  
free vmplayer running in Debian and a WinXP image somebody gave me  
that it wasn't supported. Are you saying otherwise since that would  
be the best solution? I wish to see/manipulate [some of] my Debian  
directories from the WinXP Virtrual Machine

Otherwise I'll look at Samba as you, and Carl, suggested.

Thanks, Michael