Tell me more ×
Ask Different is a question and answer site for power users of Apple hardware and software. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 0 down vote favorite

how can I share a folder in VirtualBox between my host-OS Mac OS and my installed guest-OS Debian 6? I installed the guest additions and created a shared folder, but I cannot find it

share|improve this question

1 Answer

up vote 1 down vote accepted

Not sure about Debian but in Ubuntu I had to do the following after setting it up in the VB GUI:

mkdir /home/username/OSX # one time
sudo mount -t vboxsf OSX /home/username/OSX # each time
share|improve this answer
Thank you! I'll try this and give some feedback ;-) – strauberry May 27 '11 at 7:16
This is all covered in the VirtualBox help file, FWIW... relevant section in the online version: virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sf_mount_manual – scottishwildcat Jun 25 '11 at 17:56
Tried that and got: /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Protocol error – Samuel Ronicker Dec 3 '12 at 6:16

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.