However I couldn't find any relevant information of how to solve it. Maybe the last error that I got in terminal is a hint for the root of the problem. sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Invalid argument Sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$USER,gid=vboxsf shared /home/myuser/shared The share does not work, cannot see the files under the shared folder from the host machine. However the same behavior as for Auto-mounting happens. In Settings -> Shared Folders dialog I unchecked Auto-mount checkbox and added a valid value in Mount point (eg. I left Mount point empty.Īfter the above setup I boot the Ubuntu 20 VM and I was expecting to see the mount under /media/sf_shared and I did see it however it was empty even though on the host machine there are several files. I created an entry under VirtualBox Ubuntu 20.04 VM Settings -> Shared Folders and completed the Folder Path to a valid Windows(host) location, the Folder Name (called shared) and checked Auto-mount and Make Permanent. Go to the CD Driver and click install the exe file to bring up guest addition install wizard.Ħ.I followed (among other related threads) in order to mount a shared folder in my Ubuntu 20.04 VM. Open Computer, you’ll see CD Driver marked as ‘VirtualBox Guest’.Ĥ. If you don’t see the Guest window menu, press right- Ctrl + C on keyboard.ģ. Boot up the Guest OS (Windows 7 in the case), and then go to menu Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image. Enable ‘Read-only’ if you DON’T want to add/edit the folder files in Guest.Ģ.Folder Name, auto generated after chosen folder.Folder Path, choose a folder in the Host OS to share with.Click ‘Adds new shared folder’ button in the right.Navigate to Shared Folders in left pane.In Virtualbox (6.0.8 in the case), open Settings of the Windows Guest OS. And this can be done via Shared Folder feature.ġ. One of the top things after installed a virtual machine via VirtualBox is how to transfer files between host OS and guest OS. This quick tutorial shows how to share a folder in Virtualbox Ubuntu host and get access within Windows virtual machine.
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