Hello,
I´m desesperatly trying to mount a shared folder on my unbuntu 7.04 guest, I created a folder et "E:\projects", and configure the folder as a shared folder with the VB GUI (named "projects").
whenever I try to mount a shared folder with
mount -t vboxsf projects /projects/
I get the following error message :
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device
I have installed the Linux guest additions, I have created the directory /projects on my guest OS, and I have triple-checked the spelling of my command.
I have seen in this forum that there are issues with shared folders on Ubuntu, however it seems that most of the reported problems are happening *after* mounting.
I am comsidering changing guest lisnux distro, but i am not too sure which one is the best bet.
I somebody can help, I'd appreciate ...
Steven
Can't mount shared folder with ubuntu feisty on XP host
Solution : use samba ...
Hi,
I found a alternative solution to my problem (which is probably the most practical solution), I just put it here for the record.
The solution is to share a XP folder through samba (explorer, folder peorperies, share this folder, etc.). On the linux guest, you simply need to mount the samba folder using the following command :
sudo smbmount //<HOST_IP>/<XPFOLDNAME> <LINUXFOLDNAME> / -o username=<user>,workgroup=<workgroup>,uid=<sderrien>
In my case the XP host IP address was 10.0.2.2 (I use NAT), you can obtain it with the 'route' command (ip adress of the default gateway).
Hope it can help,
Steven
I found a alternative solution to my problem (which is probably the most practical solution), I just put it here for the record.
The solution is to share a XP folder through samba (explorer, folder peorperies, share this folder, etc.). On the linux guest, you simply need to mount the samba folder using the following command :
sudo smbmount //<HOST_IP>/<XPFOLDNAME> <LINUXFOLDNAME> / -o username=<user>,workgroup=<workgroup>,uid=<sderrien>
In my case the XP host IP address was 10.0.2.2 (I use NAT), you can obtain it with the 'route' command (ip adress of the default gateway).
Hope it can help,
Steven
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jamesh0317
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Make sure the kernel module is loaded...
sudo modprobe vboxvfs
I think I had the same problem with the mount command for a shared folder. Try these:
Open the linux guest OS
Go to menu-> Devices -> Install Guest Additions.
This mounts a cd image named VBOXADDITIONS...something_else.
Inside the cd image there is a script called VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, run this script, reboot the virtual machine and then give the mount command (eg. mount -t vboxsf shared /media/shared).
This worked for me and probably works for everyone!
ps: i use the non-free 1.5.6 version of virtualbox but i don't think this affects the problem (maybe it does, i can't say)
You may also need to change a little the command in order to view inside the folder as a normal user and not only as root.
(sorry if this is bad english
)
Open the linux guest OS
Go to menu-> Devices -> Install Guest Additions.
This mounts a cd image named VBOXADDITIONS...something_else.
Inside the cd image there is a script called VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, run this script, reboot the virtual machine and then give the mount command (eg. mount -t vboxsf shared /media/shared).
This worked for me and probably works for everyone!
ps: i use the non-free 1.5.6 version of virtualbox but i don't think this affects the problem (maybe it does, i can't say)
You may also need to change a little the command in order to view inside the folder as a normal user and not only as root.
(sorry if this is bad english
)