hi, I am a long term mac user (since 1984)- this is my first experience with parallels and linux. I have successfully installed ubuntu 8.04 and parallels 3.0 (B5604), including the parallels tools (which was quite a challenge). These are on my mac mini with Leopard (10.5.3). My mac's network goes through a linksys router (WRT54G2) (a wireless router but the mac is on a wired port), and from there to roadrunner cable. My real goal here is to be able to do file/folder sharing between my mac OS and ubuntu. I've gone around in circles with all the manuals and searching on line and on these forums for the past 24 hours and I haven't really gotten anywhere. I haven't been able to get ubuntu on my network. Most of the documentation I've seen is for older versions of the software I have; also, I'm relatively inexperienced network-wise (or actually: I've been spoiled all these years: I've been a mac guy, and it's easy on a mac); and directions which leave out vital information or critical steps generally leave me in the dust. I've tried a number of third party software solutions and none have worked. I'm not really interested in internet access with ubuntu- I can do that fine on my mac as it is. I just want to be able to share files between leopard and ubuntu. If anybody can point me to some reference or set of clear directions that can enable me to set up networking on this, and/ or do file sharing with my mac, I'd be very grateful. Thanks-
The most preferred way in your situation, it to use Shared networking as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf on page 157 In ubuntu set network configuration to obtain address by DHCP, and also make sure that Network Adapter selected on Parallels Desktop -<Virtual Machine name>-Edit-Virtual Machine -Network adapter1 - is set to Default
thanks for your response. Sorry, I had this posted in the wrong spot. I did more work on my own and figured it out. http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=106192#post106192
