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pacoparty

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Registered: 2023-09-21

Posts: 10

Error when i try to mount shared folder in vbox

Hi yall, i was trying to create a shared folder between guest and host os, i tried to mount my share folder but seem to dont work.
Also tryed to modprobe vboxsf, but still dont work.
Here is what i done, also following tips from other posts:

[root@archlinux /]# mount -t vboxsf shared /mnt/shared
mount: /mnt/shared: special device shared does not exist.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

[root@archlinux /]# modprobe vboxsf
[root@archlinux /]# mount -t vboxsf shared /mnt/shared
mount: /mnt/shared: special device shared does not exist.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

[root@archlinux /]# ls -al /mnt/shared/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 21 02:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 19 19:29 ..

Also i created the shared folder in VirtualBox settings, but the folder is created in the "transitory folder" section, and dont show
nothing if i create a file inside it.

[root@archlinux /]# VBoxControl sharedfolder list --automount
Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions Command Line Management Interface Version 7.0.10
Copyright (C) 2008-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates

Auto-mounted Shared Folder mappings (0):

No Shared Folders available.

Any help is welcome, thnkyou

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Ricky Spanish

twelveeighty

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Registered: 2011-09-04

Posts: 1,446

Re: Error when i try to mount shared folder in vbox

Did you configure the prerequisites as specified in the Wiki?