Remedying "mounting failed" error after Ubuntu image upgrade
Posted: 28. Sep 2010, 19:44
For Ubuntu Linux 10.04 running under VirtualBox Windows 7.
As of 27 September, Ubuntu received an upgrade to Linux image / headers 2.6.32-25.44.
This upgrade broke my previously working shared folders. My previously working mount command produced errors of the form:
Running dmesg | grep vboxsf | less listed multiple (many!) errors of the form:
The solution was to reinstall VirtualBox Guest Additions on the Ubuntu guest system. Doing so uninstalls the existing Guest Additions, then rebuilds and reinstalls it. At that point my mount command resumed working in 2.6.32.25-44.
Cheers & hope this helps,
Ric
As of 27 September, Ubuntu received an upgrade to Linux image / headers 2.6.32-25.44.
This upgrade broke my previously working shared folders. My previously working mount command produced errors of the form:
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/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such deviceCode: Select all
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: no symbol version for RTSemFastMutexCreate
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: Unknown symbol RTSemFastMutexCreate
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: no symbol version for VBoxGuestIDCCall
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: Unknown symbol VBoxGuestIDCCall
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: no symbol version for RTMemTmpFree
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: Unknown symbol RTMemTmpFree
[ 50.956007] vboxsf: no symbol version for RTErrConvertToErrn
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Cheers & hope this helps,
Ric