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Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15497 answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Error mounting VirtualBox shared folders in an Ubuntu guest up vote 37 down vote favorite 25 I have Ubuntu 10 as the guest OS on a Windows 7 machine. I have been trying to setup shares through VirtualBox, but nothing is working. First, I create the share in VirtualBox and point it to a http://askubuntu.com/questions/30396/error-mounting-virtualbox-shared-folders-in-an-ubuntu-guest Windows folder. Then I try to mount the drive in Linux, but I keep getting /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Protocol error I have read so many solutions to this, but none seem to work. I have tried: Using the mount.vboxsf syntax Reinstalling VBox additions Rebooting Enabling and trying as root account I made a share called "Test" in VBox Shared folders. Then I made a directory in ubuntu named "test2". Then I tried to execute this command: sudo mount -t vboxsf Test /mnt/test2 Any other ideas? mount virtualbox share|improve this question edited Jan 3 '14 at 18:00 Braiam 39.1k1693154 asked Mar 14 '11 at 23:18 skaz 4131714 add a comment| 6 Answers 6 active oldest votes up vote 45 down vote accepted In order to use shared folder functionality few prerequisites need to be met: Make sure that Guest Additions are properly installed on the guest OS. Users in a guest Ubuntu must be in the group vboxsf to be able to access shares. Define a directory on the host that will be used in the virtual machine using the settings dialogue of Virtual Box. Do not share personal folders like /home/u
shared folder Prepare the folder Linux Windows Troubleshooting The name was not valid Ubuntu 10.04 host Introduction This explains how to share files and folders (directories) between host and guest. (Files are shared over a network, in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox/SharedFolders other words, you access remote files. For virtual machines, the network between host and guest is virtual since they are on the same real machine. But the steps you take are http://ryansechrest.com/2013/12/mount-vboxsf-mounting-failed-protocol-error/ similar to setting up file sharing over real networks.) Required: Virtualbox Guest Additions Before sharing folders, you must install Guest Additions. For instructions on how to do this, see Guest protocol error Additions. Creating a shared folder Create a folder on the Host computer (ubuntu) that you would like to share, for example ~/share Boot the Guest operating system in VirtualBox. Select Devices -> Shared Folders... Choose the 'Add' button. Select ~/share Optionally select the 'Make permanent' option Prepare the folder Linux With a shared folder named share, as above, the folder can mounting failed with be mounted as the directory ~/host with the command sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) share ~/host Windows On the Windows Guest, run net use x: \\vboxsvr\shareNow anything placed in this folder should be visible from the host in the ~/share folder. Troubleshooting This can be done more generically with the following: sharename="whatever.you.want.to.call.it"; sudo mkdir /mnt/$sharename sudo chmod 777 /mnt/$sharename sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 $sharename /mnt/$sharename ln -s /mnt/$sharename $HOME/Desktop/$sharenameFor the above command if you get the following error: mount: unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf'Then just change the vboxsf to vboxfs If you want to have it mount automatically upon each boot, put the mount command in /etc/rc.local Debian distros (e.g. Ubuntu 10.04 and later) HOWTO Use Shared Folders See Section 4.4 "Folder Sharing" in the VirtualBox documentation. Note: if you want to mount the directory as owned and writable only by root, omit the -ouid=1000,gid=1000 option to the mount command /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Protocol errorThe above error could be one of the following. The name was not valid Make sure you specified the right name
things I do is share a folder between host and guest OS, but when I ran the command this time, I got an error:/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Protocol errorTurns out, I forgot to share a folder via the VirtualBox UI, but that possibility didn't even occur to me until much later. So, as short as this blog post is, I'm sure someone else using VirtualBox will run into this, and before you dive into all kinds of solutions, double check that first ;). This entry was posted in Insight, Software and tagged VirtualBox on December 19, 2013 by Ryan Sechrest. Post navigation ← Git post-receive hook to deploy WordPress and plugins as submodules SourceTree / GitHub: Must specify two-factor authentication OTP code → One thought on “mount.vboxsf mounting failed with protocol error” Juliano March 17, 2015 at 11:31 pm I lost near an hour trying all other complex solutions that didn't work. Then after I read your post I realized I have renamed one existent shared folder when I copied the OVA from a colleague. I then renamed it back to the original and everything works fine. Thanks! Reply ↓ Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *CommentName * Email * Website Search for: CategoriesCodeApacheBashCSSjQueryMySQLPHPPuppetXHTMLGamesInsightBusinessHardwareSoftwareWebNewsPersonalPlatformsWordPress Recent Posts Can't connect to MySQL server on ‘127.0.0.1' (61) Use Apache instead of built-in Nginx in GitLab CE Volume grayed out in Finder on Mac Setup Mailtrap with WordPress Destiny: Best Bladedancer Layout for PvE and PvP Most PopularPermanently share a folder between host (Mac) and guest (Linux) OS using VirtualBoxSend and receive binary files using PHP and cURLManaging file and folder permissions when deploying with GitUse Apache instead of built-in Nginx in GitLab CERemove post type slug in custom post type URL and move subpages to website root in WordPressRecent CommentsRyan Sechrest on Android email application bug: unable to delete email messagesstuart dingman on Android email application bug: unable to delete email messagesDennis on Remove post type slug in custom post type URL and move subpages to website root in WordPressRyan Sechrest on Monitor database availability with PingdomJay on Monitor database availability with PingdomChannelsGistsGitHubLinkedInTwitter Proudly powered by WordPress