nixos/nixpkgs: virtualbox docs update (#54247)

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step21 2019-01-18 10:22:15 +01:00 committed by Jörg Thalheim
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Shared folders can be given a name and a path in the host system in the
VirtualBox settings (Machine / Settings / Shared Folders, then click on the
"Add" icon). Add the following to the
<literal>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</literal> to auto-mount them:
<literal>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</literal> to auto-mount them. If you
do not add <literal>"nofail"</literal>, the system will no boot properly.
The same goes for disabling <literal>rngd</literal> which is normally used
to get randomness but this does not work in virtual machines.
</para>
<programlisting>
{ config, pkgs, ...} :
{
security.rngd.enable = false; // otherwise vm will not boot
...
fileSystems."/virtualboxshare" = {
fsType = "vboxsf";
device = "nameofthesharedfolder";
options = [ "rw" ];
options = [ "rw" "nofail" ];
};
}
</programlisting>