VirtualBox-5.0.16 setting up Shared folders for Windows and Ubuntu

Operating environment: Win7, VirtualBox-5.0.16, ubuntukylin-14.04.2-desktop-amd64

1, first download installation Vboxguestadditions_5.0.17-106140.iso (to the official website https://www.virtualbox.org/download)

The installation steps are as follows:

1.1, VirtualBox Modify the settings

1.2. Start Ubuntu and install Vboxguestadditions.

Open the command operator and enter the following command:

// switch to root user  /media  // Enter the shared home directory where you can see the Vboxadditions folder  // Entry directory under this directory (or subdirectory)  sudo. // to install

As follows:

2. Close Ubuntu system, find "shared folder" in VirtualBox "Settings", click Enter, click the Add Directory button on the right, add the directory that you want to share in Windows, take a name. For example, I built a folder called share in the F-disk, such as:

Here you need to correct:

If the "Auto mount" check box is not required to perform the 3rd step, the system will automatically create the corresponding mapping directory under the/media directory:

3. Mount Shared Folders

Start Ubuntu, open a command window, and run the following command:

If you want to mount it automatically, you can add an item to the/etc/fstab

share/mnt/shared vboxsf Rw,gid=100,uid=1000,auto 0 0

4. Uninstalling Shared Folders

Umount-f/mnt/shared

Note: the name of the shared folder must not be the same as the name of the mount point. For example, the above mount point is/mnt/shared, if the name of the shared folder is shared, the following error message will appear when the mount is loaded:/sbin/mount.vboxsf:mounting failed with the error: Protocol error.

This article is written in reference to http://www.cnblogs.com/linjiqin/p/3615477.html, thank you very much for this children's shoes illustrated article.

VirtualBox-5.0.16 setting up Shared folders for Windows and Ubuntu