problems with shared folders

scooterpd · Post by **scooterpd** » 31. Jan 2008, 03:30

I am running XP PRO as the host and Ubuntu 7.10 as guest in virtualbox. I have read the user manual sections relating to shared folders, but I am still having trouble.
1. I clicked on Devices > Shared Folders, and added a folder to my C: drive called "vm shared stuff"
2. I then opened up a terminal in my ubuntu guest and tried to mount the shared folder by typing the following codes:

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cd /mnt
sudo mkdir Share 
sudo mount -t \vboxsf vm shared stuff /mnt/Share

Am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Post by **stefan.becker** » 31. Jan 2008, 08:24

We are missing the trouble. Not only approach, error messages!

Guest Additions installed?

Post by **frank** » 31. Jan 2008, 09:24

Please use a share name which does not contain spaces.

scooterpd · Post by **scooterpd** » 1. Feb 2008, 18:36

ok, I changed the shared folder name by removing the spaces, so now it's called "vmsharedstuff". and it works perfectly. thank you very much Frank Mehnert. I appreciate it.