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Llama

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VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

I've got the following error trying to enable folder sharing with a Linux Guest:

$ sudo mount -t vboxsf my_share /mnt/share
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device

I specified a shared folder named my_share, but there's no telling whether it is passed to the guest or not, for some reason. How am I supposed to tackle this error?

Last edited by Llama (2009-04-25 03:44:54)

ataraxia

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

Probably you didn't load the "vboxvfs" kernel module. I get this error if I forget it.

Llama

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

Probably you didn't load the "vboxvfs" kernel module. I get this error if I forget it.

I tried this:

# modprobe vboxsf
FATAL: Module vboxsf not found.
# modprobe vboxfs
FATAL: Module vboxfs not found.
# modprobe vboxvsf
FATAL: Module vboxvsf not found.
# modprobe vboxvfs
FATAL: Module vboxvfs not found.

What's missing?

Last edited by Llama (2009-04-23 17:34:41)

wonder

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

install virtualbox-ose-addtitions-modules

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Llama

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

install virtualbox-ose-addtitions-modules

Additions are already in place, of course... It actually needed

# modprobe vboxvfs

on the Guest system

Thanks, ataraxia!

Llama

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

BTW, can I put something in /etc/fstab instead of using mount?

hatten

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

yeah, i have all my usb sticks and mp3's in fstab

Last edited by hatten (2009-04-23 19:19:52)

Llama

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

One more problem: after

# modprobe vboxvfs
# mount -t vboxsf my_share /mnt/share

On my guest system I have /mnt/share accessible only with root privileges. How to make it accessible for the user?

ataraxia

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

You can set the uid/gid/perms with mount options. Do "mount.vboxsf" without any arguments to see the help message.

Llama

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

Thanks! Meanwhile, this works:

# mount -t vboxsf my_share /mnt/share -o rw,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,dev

jerik

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

Hello!

I have put these entries in my fstab:

Nedlastinger   /media/Nedlastinger    vboxsf  uid=user,gid=group,rw,dmode=700,fmode=600 0 0
Bilder         /media/Bilder          vboxsf  uid=user,gid=group,rw,dmode=700,fmode=600 0 0
Images         /media/Images          vboxsf  uid=user,gid=group,rw,dmode=700,fmode=600 0 0

I have manually created the three dirs in my '/media' folder.

And I have included 'vboxsf' in the '/etc/modules-load.d/vboxsf.conf' file. However at boot I get three messages saying: 'mount: failed to parse mount options'.

What could be wrong

Last edited by jerik (2012-10-10 13:34:15)

jerik

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

If I punch in 'sudo mount -t vboxsf Nedlastinger /media/Nedlastinger -o rw,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,dev' it works straight away...

DSpider

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

Old thread is old.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.22

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post

If a thread is marked as [SOLVED], do not reply stating the equivalent of "I am having a similar issue.."; start a new thread and link to the [SOLVED] thread, if relevant.

Edit: Also: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … inux_Guest

Last edited by DSpider (2012-10-10 13:37:25)

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jerik

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Re: VirtualBox: Linux Guest shared folder[SOLVED]

Oh, OK - sorry. I will make a new post