Exporting a shared folder with NFS

chris6220 · Post by **chris6220** » 29. Oct 2012, 16:20

Hi there,

I'm using VirtualBox 4.0.2 r80737 on a WIndows 7 64bit host and a RedHat 6.3 64bit guest.

When trying to export with NFS a folder shared from the Windows host, I get the following error:

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exportfs: /mnt/sw does not support NFS export

and in /var/log/messages:

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Cannot export /mnt/sw, possibly unsupported filesystem or fsid= required

It seems that the vboxsf filesystem type does not work well with NFS. I have been able to dig out an old ticket regarding the exact same issue with VirtualBox 3 but it didn't receive much attention ay the time it seems.

Is it a known problem, is there a way around it?

Thanks for your help,
Chris