How to (fstab) mount Shared folder just sometimes?

[Fidelius]

Hello,

I've got a PC which can boot from different partitions either Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux.

With the help of Virtualbox' "partition mapper" vmdk file [*] I can for example also use the Linux OS inside a Virtualbox running on the Windows host (plus guest additions).

This works great.

When Linux runs inside Virtualbox, a shared folder is being used. In order to be there instantly, it's being mounted via fstab at Linux' boot time. So, for example for a shared folder named "The_Share" the fstab file contains a line:

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The_Share /home/user/sharefolder vboxsf defaults 0 0

This works great, too.

However, when I boot the very same Linux nativeley, there's naturally no guest additions with vboxsf, let alone a "share" named "The_Share".
This is why Linux is complaining when trying to mount the fstab, and Ubuntu actually stops the entire boot procedure and asks to press "S" to skip the mount or "M" to mount manually.

Is there an easy way to tell Linux not to mount that vboxsf when there is no vboxsf, maybe in the fstab file?
I've tried as fstab mount option "errors=continue" but it didn't work.


[*] The vmdk I created with "VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk" etc, which is decribed in Virtualbox' excellent documentation.

[Perryg]

try the rc.local instead of the fstab file for the mount statement.

[Fidelius]

try the rc.local instead of the fstab file for the mount statement.

Thank you, this works very well.