{"id":50,"date":"2009-11-21T00:57:43","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T00:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2016-01-12T23:23:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T23:23:56","slug":"sharing-folders-ubuntu-9-10-virtualbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/sharing-folders-ubuntu-9-10-virtualbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Folders in Ubuntu 9.10 using VirtualBox"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just wanted to share a folder in Ubuntu 9.10 which I have installed using VirtualBox. Whenever I tried mounting the shared folder using the mount<\/code> command, I kept getting the following error:<\/p>\n

\/sbin\/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such file or directory<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After wandering through forum after forum and post after post, I finally got to share my folder in Ubuntu 9.10 using VirtualBox. The whole process was a mesh so I thought I should create a simple post, so here goes:<\/p>\n

Adding Share Folder to VirtualBox<\/h2>\n
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  1. Start by opening VirtualBox (making sure Ubuntu is Powered Off), right-click the Ubuntu Virtual Machine in the left column and choose Settings<\/code><\/li>\n
  2. Click Shared Folders<\/code> option in the left column<\/li>\n
  3. Click the Add new shared folder<\/code> button (its a folder with a +<\/code> sign) located on the right<\/li>\n
  4. A small window pops up asking you the Folder Path<\/code> (a drop-down) and a Folder Name<\/code> (no spaces)<\/li>\n
  5. Once you are happy with everything, press OK twice to close this pop up and the Settings window. Now start the Ubuntu 9.10 Virtual Machine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mounting Shared Folder in Ubuntu 9.10<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Start the Terminal by going to Applications > Accessories > Terminal<\/code><\/li>\n
    2. Create a folder under mnt directory by:
      \n

      sudo mkdir \/mnt\/my_shared_folder<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      replace my_shared_folder<\/code> with whatever you want to call the shared folder<\/li>\n

    3. Now mount the shared folder by:
      \n

      sudo mount -t vboxsf my_folder \/mnt\/my_shared_folder<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      replace my_folder<\/code> with what you entered in the Folder Name<\/code> when you added the folder under Settings<\/code> and replace my_shared_folder<\/code> with whatever you have called the folder in the previous step<\/li>\n

    4. You’re done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Please do leave a comment if this works for you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

      \"Flattr<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      I just wanted to share a folder in Ubuntu 9.10 which I have installed using VirtualBox. Whenever I tried mounting the shared folder using the mount command, I kept getting the following error: \/sbin\/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such file or directory After wandering through forum after forum and post after post, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}