Guest Addition issue: cannot share folder
Posted: 4. Jan 2021, 06:37
Hello: I am aware that this topic was previously discussed and resolved but upon trying the solutions from previous postings, I still can't make this work!
My issue: failed to install Guest Additions on Windows 10 host to share folder
Setup: host is Windows 10; VM machine is macOS Big Sur.
What I have done:
1. Sucessfully installed VM mac OS Big Sur. It is working fine
2. Defined and configured shared folder on host machine (windows 10)
3. I tried the following to reproduce the solutions, read from previous postings about similar topic. Unfortunately ALL attempts FAILED to install guest additions
a) Shutdown VM; unmount/release, mount the Guest Addition iso
b) Tried different Graphic Controller settings: VBoxVGA, VBoxSVGA
c) Launched guest addition "VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe" from host
I have attached a few log files and screenshoots of what I have done. Please see attached zip file:
1. "Insert CD Guest Addition Error.png" shows the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso is not mounted, error (VERR_PDM_MEDIA_LOCKED). I don't understand why the guest VM can see but VirtualBox device manager said it cannot mount it.
2. "VM Log": this is the log of the VM
3. "GuestAdditionError.png" and "GuestAdditionError.txt" are screenshot and its logs describing the error. It appears that the application cannot find VBoxGuest.inf in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\vboxguest.inf_amd64_c4ea20f713fb03c4\
Please help as I have been trying to solve this issue for a few days!
Thank you in advance for your help.
minh.nkim
My issue: failed to install Guest Additions on Windows 10 host to share folder
Setup: host is Windows 10; VM machine is macOS Big Sur.
What I have done:
1. Sucessfully installed VM mac OS Big Sur. It is working fine
2. Defined and configured shared folder on host machine (windows 10)
3. I tried the following to reproduce the solutions, read from previous postings about similar topic. Unfortunately ALL attempts FAILED to install guest additions
a) Shutdown VM; unmount/release, mount the Guest Addition iso
b) Tried different Graphic Controller settings: VBoxVGA, VBoxSVGA
c) Launched guest addition "VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe" from host
I have attached a few log files and screenshoots of what I have done. Please see attached zip file:
1. "Insert CD Guest Addition Error.png" shows the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso is not mounted, error (VERR_PDM_MEDIA_LOCKED). I don't understand why the guest VM can see but VirtualBox device manager said it cannot mount it.
2. "VM Log": this is the log of the VM
3. "GuestAdditionError.png" and "GuestAdditionError.txt" are screenshot and its logs describing the error. It appears that the application cannot find VBoxGuest.inf in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\vboxguest.inf_amd64_c4ea20f713fb03c4\
Please help as I have been trying to solve this issue for a few days!
Thank you in advance for your help.
minh.nkim