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cannot mount host file systems in linux guest (5.1.20)

Posted: 20. Apr 2017, 13:23
by Marco S.
Hi

I upgraded my Virtualbox on OSX to the latest Version 5.1.20 114629. Unfortunately I cannot mount anymore the host filesystems inside the guest os, which is Centos 7. Guest Additions are compiling ok and kernel modules are loaded.

[root@centos64test log]# mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 Host_Folder /mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on Host_Folder,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error

In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.


If I don't upgrade guest additions, the mount works ok. Is there a workaround until this is fixed?

Thanks

Re: cannot mount host file systems in linux guest (5.1.20)

Posted: 20. Apr 2017, 13:31
by Marco S.
Just found the answer myself ...

Know bug:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16670

Re: cannot mount host file systems in linux guest (5.1.20)

Posted: 20. Apr 2017, 15:54
by socratis
Moved to "Linux guests" from "OSX hosts" because that's where the (known) problem is.