On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 22:09, Ian Chapman<[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Ian, first of all, on this list you have to hit the "reply all" button, otherwise your message get delivered just for me :) That being said... > >> No need to usa Samba to access the shared folders. When using a linux >> guest AND installing the guest additions you get a new filesystem >> type, that you can use to mount the shared folders. >> Look about it here: >> http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#sharedfolders >> But, put simple, on the Linux VM all you need is this: mount -t vboxsf >> <sharename> <mountpoint> >> > This is what it said > s...@stan-desktop:~$ > sudo mount -t vboxsf Lattice /media > sudo: unable to resolve host stan-desktop > [sudo] password for stan: > /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device > > same thing with ... mount -t vboxsf /home/stan/Downloads/Lattice /media > > in Devices/shared folder I have > > Lattice ... /home/stan/Downloads/Lattice ... Full > > In Nautilus Lattice is shared. I've also visited this web site and > tried some of the things there to no avail. Maybe it's messed things a > bit? Any thoughts would be really helpful, Regards Ian. This appears to be a inssue with Virtualbox itself. If memory serves me well somebody had a problem like this some time ago on this list. But right now I can't remeber the solution... Maybe some one else can point you in a better direction... _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
