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Hi guys,

I have vm ware running a solaris 10 machine the host is a vista machine. I have a shared drive on the vista machine and would like to try and mount it in the solaris virtual machine. I have added both to the same private network on vistas networking and sharing center but the vista machine cant see the solaris virtual machine.

The solaris machine can ping the laptop traceroute to it and do a dns lookup on it.

So basically can it do it?

If so how?

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For : mounting a Windows host folder into a Solaris VM is doable two ways — access the host share over the network (SMB/CIFS) from Solaris, or use the hypervisor's shared‑folder feature if the VMware guest tools you have support Solaris. Before mounting, confirm basic connectivity and Windows sharing/firewall settings (Windows must allow File and Printer Sharing and the shared folder must have appropriate share and NTFS permissions).

On Solaris, install a Samba client package if it is not already present, then test access with smbclient to verify the share and credentials:

smbclient -L //WIN_IP_OR_NAME -U windows_user

If that lists the share, use the Solaris mount helper or an appropriate CIFS/SMB mount tool available for your build to mount the share persistently (exact mount syntax depends on the Solaris/Samba packages you install). If smbclient cannot see the share, try the IP instead of name and recheck Windows firewall inbound rules for TCP 445 (and 139 on older setups).

Quick troubleshooting checklist: 1) set the VM adapter to bridged (or a host network that allows host<->guest traffic) so both hosts are on the same subnet; 2) confirm the Windows share works from another machine; 3) verify credentials and share permissions; 4) test with smbclient using the host IP; 5) if network sharing is not preferred, consider transferring files with SFTP/PSCP by running an SSH server on the Windows host or enabling VMware shared folders (requires guest tools).

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