XP Host Running PCLOS2010 in VBOX - Setting Up Shared Folders (?)

[freecicero]

I have PCLOS2010 running successfully in a VBOX window while running Windows XP (upgraded to latest updateds) as the host.  It appears that I also have guest additions running too.

My problem is I now want to set up shared folders so that my PCLOS2010 can access a folder on my local hard drive E:  I have set up the shared folder by clicking the shared folder icon, and adding the desired folder under "Machine Folders", but that doesn't seem to do anything or change anything when I go into Dolphin or Konquerer -- the shared folders don't appear. 

I am gathering from the help files in VBOX that a mount command needs to be issued, but the command specified in the help file, "mount -t vboxsf [-o OPTIONS] sharename mountpoint" does not seem to do anything other than give me:

mounting failed with the error:  No such file or directory

Can anyone suggest the proper way to do this?

thanks

[Old-Polack]

I have PCLOS2010 running successfully in a VBOX window while running Windows XP (upgraded to latest updateds) as the host.  It appears that I also have guest additions running too.

My problem is I now want to set up shared folders so that my PCLOS2010 can access a folder on my local hard drive E:  I have set up the shared folder by clicking the shared folder icon, and adding the desired folder under "Machine Folders", but that doesn't seem to do anything or change anything when I go into Dolphin or Konquerer -- the shared folders don't appear. 

I am gathering from the help files in VBOX that a mount command needs to be issued, but the command specified in the help file, "mount -t vboxsf [-o OPTIONS] sharename mountpoint" does not seem to do anything other than give me:

mounting failed with the error:  No such file or directory

Can anyone suggest the proper way to do this?

thanks

Did you manually create the directory you named as the mountpoint, first?

[danketchpel]

Did you manually create the directory you named as the mountpoint, first?

I am having the same problem under the same operating scenario as above. I also have a pure dual boot install of PCLinuxOS 2009 on the same system which works very well.

Exactly what do you mean by "manually create"? Is there a GUI way to do this, and if not, what is the command syntax?

The directory exists on the physical drive under the Host WinXP.

[Old-Polack]

Did you manually create the directory you named as the mountpoint, first?

I am having the same problem under the same operating scenario as above. I also have a pure dual boot install of PCLinuxOS 2009 on the same system which works very well.

Exactly what do you mean by "manually create"? Is there a GUI way to do this, and if not, what is the command syntax?

The directory exists on the physical drive under the Host WinXP.

The directory to be shared must have a corresponding directory to mount to on the guest VM. It must first be manually created using either the file manager or terminal command. The terminal command is mkdir (make directory).

[polack@localhost ~]$ mkdir ~/Desktop/Share            <Enter>

For obvious reasons, If I have only one directory I use for sharing files between host and guest OS, I name it and it's mountpoint in the guest Share. Then I put an entry in the VM's /etc/fstab so It always mounts at boot up.

Share   /home/polack/Desktop/Share   vboxsf   rw,auto,uid=1000,gid=1000,exec   0 0