Shared folder getting read errors in guest
Posted: 30. Nov 2011, 10:19
Using 4.1.4 on a Windows XP host running a Debian 6 wheezy/sid guest. Setting up a couple of shared folders was one of the first things I did, and they've worked wonderfully for a few weeks now.
Earlier today I made some changes to some dirs/files in a shared folder; I was using programs on the host to make the changes. When I switched into the guest, the changed directories gave read errors when trying to do a simple directory listing. On the host (actually inside a cygwin terminal; thus the *nix-y appearance even though it's an XP host), I can access the subdir with no trouble:
Inside the Linux guest, trying to see the same subdir just pukes:
The name of the shared folder in question only shows up once in VBox.log, when it's initially registered. Nothing odd appears in the guest's syslog. Accessing files on the shared folders that weren't touched today is fine (presumably the host-side programs rewriting the files have done something odd).
Is there a way of prodding the VM to resync or refresh or re-whatever its shared folder data, without restarting the guest?
Earlier today I made some changes to some dirs/files in a shared folder; I was using programs on the host to make the changes. When I switched into the guest, the changed directories gave read errors when trying to do a simple directory listing. On the host (actually inside a cygwin terminal; thus the *nix-y appearance even though it's an XP host), I can access the subdir with no trouble:
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% cd .svn/pristine
% ls -g
total 0
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 14/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 20/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 37/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 59/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 69/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 7e/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 c8/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 d3/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 ee/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 f6/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 fb/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 fc/
drwx------+ 1 None 0 Nov 30 00:04 fe/
%
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$ cd /media/sf_remtssd/TestOne/.svn/pristine
$ /bin/ls -l
/bin/ls: cannot access 14: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access 20: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access 37: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access 59: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access 69: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access 7e: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access c8: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access d3: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access ee: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access f6: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access fb: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access fc: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: cannot access fe: No such file or directory
total 0
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? 14
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? 20
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? 37
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? 59
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? 69
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? 7e
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? c8
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? d3
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? ee
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? f6
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? fb
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? fc
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? fe
%
Is there a way of prodding the VM to resync or refresh or re-whatever its shared folder data, without restarting the guest?