cannot build petalinux from shared folder directory

[maenalee]

Hi All!

I'm running a Linux 16.04 LTS guest on windows host (7 enterprise and 10) to config and build Xilinx Petalinux distribution. I'm trying to minimize the VM size by mounting my repoistory on the host and share the folder with Linux guest.
Yet I'm getting these constant errors:
[ERROR] make[1]: *** [/media/sf_vm_shared/repository/bin/Xilinx-ZC706-2016.2/build/linux/kernel/xlnx-4.4] Error 1
ERROR: Failed to build linux
or:
[ERROR] make[1]: *** [/media/sf_vm_shared/repository/bin/Xilinx-ZC706-2016.2/build/linux/kernel/xlnx-4.4/vmlinux] Error 1
ERROR: Failed to build linux
compared with checking out the repository directly on Linux guest (where I"m successfully able to build Petalinux)
I have a 5.2.8 virtualbox and I already tried my vm on previous revisions of virtualbox (4.3.30, 4.3.40, 4.3.12, 4.1.8 )
I do appreciate it if someone could help me with this issue

thanks in advance

[andyp73]

The VirtualBox shared folders only support a minimal amount of functionality in order to read / write files. That being said, I'm not sure what a compilation of the Linux kernel is doing other than reading source files and writing binary objects.

I would look to share the host directory using file sharing in Windows and then mount it in your Ubuntu guest as a CIFS volume.

-Andy.