Shared folder won't mount

[ianbasore]

Okay, I'm new here and I need some help.
I've never used linux before now, so bear with me...

I'm running VirtualBox 1.5.6 on a host system of Windows XP SP2.
In a virtual machine (through which I am typing now) I'm running Ubuntu 7.10.

Now, everything's been going well so far, except I can't get the shared folder to mount in Ubuntu.

I type the command "sudo mount -t vboxsf shared /home/ian/shared"

and I get this error: "/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such file or directory"

I don't know what I'm doing wrong...
I've created the shared folder in Ubuntu in "shared" simply enough.
I've also used the Shared Folders utility in VirtualBox to create a folder called "shared" and all that.

I could use some help... please?
I think i'm just missing some step or some command...

[TiX]

Did you try to share a complete hard disk drive C: or D: ?
It it is the case you can forget it, there is a bug in VirtualBox 1.5.6.

You can either only share a subfolder or use VirtualBox 1.5.4.

Have a nice day.

[ianbasore]

no, i created a subfolder called "shared" on my D: drive that it's supposed to be going to...

[n6yga]

I am having the same stupid problem. Maybe I am just stupid today, I don't know. But, the command:
mount.vboxsf XDrive /media/share WILL NOT WORK!!! I have spent the last four hours trying to get this to work.

Debian lenny. Vbox 1.5.6 on an Ubuntu 7.10 host.

Mark.

[davmk]

Do you have installed guest additions? Because this commands works on my box.

Please note the destination folder must exists.

[ianbasore]

i've installed guest additions and still it won't work...

[tonne]

Ubuntu 8.04 on Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
Added a shared folder in vb:
Path t:\temp
Name temp

In Ubuntu as root (sudo -s)
mount -tvboxsf temp /mnt

If mounting to /media/share make sure the folder exist.

[n6yga]

With guest additions installed, and a share created in VB, I get the "device not found" error everytime I try to mount a share.

Here's my setup:

Ubuntu 7.10. VB version 1.5.6

Guest is a daily build of Lenny, kernel 2.6.24-1. Guest additions installed against the kernel fine. No errors.

created a share /home/n6yga/VirtualDrive, name test.

as root, I enter mount.vboxsf test /media/share. The share folder does exist.

I get the "device not found" error ever time. No matter how I form the command.

I must be doing something really stupid cause I can't see the error.

Also, mount -t vboxsf test /media/share errors out the same way.

HELP!!!!!

Mark.

[n6yga]

Ubuntu 8.04 on Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
Added a shared folder in vb:
Path t:\temp
Name temp

In Ubuntu as root (sudo -s)
mount -tvboxsf temp /mnt

If mounting to /media/share make sure the folder exist.

Just tried your exact command and got the same error: "no such device"

Any other ideas?
M.

[nico]

I just had the same problem, and I found a solution !

This worked for me, under Debian:

install Guest Additions

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sudo modprobe vboxvfs

<-- Don't know why, but i needed it

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sudo mount -t vboxsf shared /mnt/vbshared

then, it worked like a charm

[n6yga]

Nice work! I will give it a try and report back. How did you ever think to modprobe it? Wow!

Mark.

[n6yga]

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

WORKS!!!

Using the virtualbox command was the only way it would work for me. My version of vitualbox is 1.5.6

Obviously, VirtualDrive is a folder on the HOST system, in the /home/<username> directory.

I sincerely hope that this will help some other poor shlub who is guesting linux repos on a linux host.

Mark.
P.S. THANK YOU NICO!!! I don't know why the new virtualbox kernel module doesn't load after a reboot, but this works so I'll move on!!!

[n6yga]

A smaller new problem:

Adding vboxvfs to /etc/modules should start that module at boot time. Unfortunately it does not.

I'll keep at it and report back...

Mark.

[lot]

A smaller new problem:

Adding vboxvfs to /etc/modules should start that module at boot time. Unfortunately it does not.

I'll keep at it and report back...

Mark.

I'm guessing you're problem would be solved (in a cleaner way) by the solution I gave there: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=6139

[stanley]

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.