Problem to mount shared name

[HuaMin]

Hi,
On the Windows Host I have one shared name called "dwnld", but what to adapt, due to the problem below, when mounting it, within Red-hat guest?

[root@CentOS65x64 ~]# mount -t vboxsf dwnld mountpoint
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such file or directory
[root@CentOS65x64 ~]#

[mpack]

Moved to Linux guests.

Surely "mountpoint" should be replaced by the name of a parent folder?

You should also read the information on shared folders given in the user manual.

[HuaMin]

Many thanks.
Yes, "mountpoint" is one existing folder.
But I still get this

[root@CentOS65x64 /]# mount -t vboxsf dwnld mountpoint
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device

[loukingjr]

'mountpoint' should be replaced by the name/location of the folder where you want the shared folder mounted.

[HuaMin]

Thanks.
Isn't "mountpoint" one existing folder on Red hat?

[loukingjr]

Not that I'm aware of. But I've never used Red Hat.

[HuaMin]

what to adjust, due to the above problem shown?

[loukingjr]

if you create a folder in your guest home directory, let's call it "test", I believe the command you would want to run as root would be…

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mount -t vboxsf dwnld /home/user/test

replace the word user with your user name.
I use Auto-mount for shared folders. I'm allergic to CLI commands, but I think that would be correct

[socratis]

Wouldn't you know... This is actually an excerpt from the user manual, Ch. 4.3.1 Manual mounting describing the proper procedure:

mount -t vboxsf [-o OPTIONS] sharename mountpoint

Replace sharename (use lowercase) with the share name specified with VBoxManage or the GUI, and mountpoint with the path where you want the share to be mounted on the guest (e.g. /mnt/share). The usual mount rules apply, that is, create this directory first if it does not exist yet.

For more information on the 'mount' command and its options, from the terminal do:

man mount

[HuaMin]

Sorry Loukingjr, I am getting this

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[root@CentOS65x64 bin]# cd /home/
[root@CentOS65x64 home]# mkdir share0
[root@CentOS65x64 home]# mount -t vboxsf dwnld /home/share0
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device
[root@CentOS65x64 home]# 

[loukingjr]

That could be because you didn't do what I said.

[HuaMin]

What is missing? I am to share this path

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/home/share0

that is within Red hat

[loukingjr]

I'm not really sure what you are doing. socratis posted the link for you to manually mount shared folders and this is the link where shared folders are covered. right above the link he posted.
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... redfolders

I have one question though, did you actually add the dwnld folder that is on your host to the Shared Folder settings for the guest?

[HuaMin]

Yes, I already shared the path from Host to Guest OS.

[loukingjr]

well, then you could just check Auto-mount and the folder will be in /media each time you boot. then you won't have to mount it manually.