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Hi,

I have a fresh debian VM under VMware W0rkstation.

I was wondering how can I pass data between the host (Windows :/ and the VM) with the VM being fully offline is it possible ?

Tested and not working:

  • host sharing a network drive (SMB) not possible as debian will require the install of cifs-utils
  • create a virtualized NTFS drive. not possible need ntfs-3g for debian

Any ideas ?

note: open-vm-tools is impossible either as I want to install it without being connected ton the www.[^1]

Thanks.

[^1]: World Wide Web (aka internet)

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I don't use VMware, so these are just ideas. Without using a network, I have to possible solutions in mind: a) can you drag and drop between the machines? or b) use a usb-stick to write and read from, at least until you find a better solution.