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Asked: 2020-12-23 19:18:46 +0800 CST 2020-12-23 19:18:46 +0800 CST

How to mount shared folder in virtualbox (Windows Host - xUbunto Guest)?

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I have Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS installed as a guest in a VirtualBox virtual machine running on a Windows 10 OS computer.

With the following command I try to mount a shared folder called "temp".

sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 temp /home/$(whoami)/compartida

getting the following error message

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on temp, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

When reviewing the log:

dmesg | tail

vboxsf: Successfully loaded version 5.1.16_Ubunto

sf_read_super_aux err=-22

Edit: Steps followed

1) Install Guest Additions

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
VBoxManage --version
5.0.40_Ubuntor115130

2) Users in Ubuntu must be in the groupvboxsf

sudo groupadd vboxsf
groupadd: el grupo <<vboxsf>> ya existe
sudo usermod -aG vboxsf $(whoami)

3) Define a folder in Windows to be shared with Ubuntu using the VirtualBox interface (Devices/Shared Folders/Shared Folders Preferences/Add New Folder)

3.1) Folder in Windows E:\temp, called tempin the VirtualBox interface

4) Create a mount point in Ubuntu.

mkdir /home/$(whoami)/compartida
xubuntu

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Solution :

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms

    Restart

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