Shared folder won't mount

[lot]

What does it mean when I do modprobe vboxvfs and it tells me FATAL ERROR module not found.

What's supposed to put it wherever it's supposed to be. I have run LinuxAdditions and it completed OK.

Please help -- this is a horrible mess.

Are you still running the same kernel as when you compiled the VBox Additions? (you need to re-install them when the kernel version changes.)

[n6yga]

What does it mean when I do modprobe vboxvfs and it tells me FATAL ERROR module not found.

What's supposed to put it wherever it's supposed to be. I have run LinuxAdditions and it completed OK.

Please help -- this is a horrible mess.

Did you reboot after installing the additions?

modprobe should work fine IF the modules are created.

However, Lot's suggestion is the right answer. I wondered if the modules were getting skipped at boot...

M.

[stanley]

Thanks for the responses.

Modprobe works now, but still, still, still I cannot mount a shared file. I have no idea what went wrong.

The message I get is "Protocol Error". Please tell me it's some simple mistake I made so I can fix it and get on with my work...

[meisterpj]

Ok, here's the way it worked for me:

1. as root, install the virtualbox guest additons.
2. reboot the guest system (in this case a lenny install)
3. modprobe vboxvfs (reports nothing so all is well)
4. mount.vboxsf VirtualDrive /media/shared

Thanks. This worked for me after a few hours of searching for solutions. I am new to ubuntu, and is there a way I can just have it mount it automatically when it boots up?

[robocoastie]

Ok, here's the way it worked for me:

1. as root, install the virtualbox guest additons.
2. reboot the guest system (in this case a lenny install)
3. modprobe vboxvfs (reports nothing so all is well)
4. mount.vboxsf VirtualDrive /media/shared

Thanks. This worked for me after a few hours of searching for solutions. I am new to ubuntu, and is there a way I can just have it mount it automatically when it boots up?

If you add it to your fstab it should be mounted at boot and show up in your "Places". I havn't tried it yet myself but I will in an hour when this encode I'm doing is complete.

Rob

[h1d]

Don't put it on fstab, unless somehow you can manage to load vboxvfs module at a much earlier moment.

When fstab mounts the file system, vboxvfs is yet to be loaded, I just wrote the mount command in the /etc/rc.local file and all was good.

[robocoastie]

thanks h1d. Your tip on putting it in rc.local worked!

Rob

[meisterpj]

thanks.. works like a charm..

[NO5]

What does it mean when I do modprobe vboxvfs and it tells me FATAL ERROR module not found.

What's supposed to put it wherever it's supposed to be. I have run LinuxAdditions and it completed OK.

Please help -- this is a horrible mess.

Same here, and i cant install the shared folder like the first poster of this thread.

my sytem:
host: windows xp sp 2
vb: 1.5.6
guest : ubuntu 7.10

how do i install the shared folder afterall ?

[TerryE]

Have you Installed Guest Additions? Have you rebooted to load the drivers? Have you read the Forum Posting Guide?

[stefan.becker]

And please use a newer version.

[NO5]

Have you Installed Guest Additions? Have you rebooted to load the drivers? Have you read the Forum Posting Guide?

yes, yes, no
Did i do something wrong, you seem angry.

newer version of vb? i had not noticed i was so behind, i will do that. Sorry i had it working a year ago, i reinstalled it and i cant remember how i made it to work.

bye.

[NO5]

Thanks, ive updated vb, now it worked.

[TerryE]

Did i do something wrong, you seem angry.

No, just being terse, sorry. When someone just posts something like "how do i install the shared folder afterall?" without any further backup info, then 75% of the time they haven't bothered to install GA. Hence my Qs. My answers will be very different depending on your response, but glad to see that upgrading to the current GA has fixed your problem.

[tdyer]

I have GA installed (2.0.6) with ubuntu 8.04. The mouse integration and screen resizing works, but if i try to mount the shared folder i get a protocol error and modprobe returns

trd@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe vboxfs
FATAL: Module vboxfs not found.

Any Ideas?