Note: Ignore the version number shown above, your VBox guest version could be different from the above. Please refer to the notes after the image below if step #5 is showing an error.Go to your installation directory, using the command, cd /media/devops/VBox_*/.This will mount the VirtualBox guest addition Virtual CD Disk to your Ubuntu Guest OS. Step #2: Insert the guest addition CD imageįrom your VirtualBox VM window, go to Devices Menu and Click on Insert the guest addition CD image Install the guest addition pre-requisites using the command below, sudo apt-get install gcc make perlĮnter your user password and give y when prompted for confirmation to continue. Step #1: Preparing your Ubuntu VM with the required packages Here is a quick installation guide for VirtualBox Guest Addition installation. Please choose the article according to your Ubuntu version.
vbox guest additions Ubuntu 22.04 and vbox guest additions Ubuntu 20.04. Does anyone has any idea of what's going on here?Īlso must mention that on the same VirtualBox I have another VM installed (Ubuntu 18.04) on which the auto-mounting is working as a charm.VirtualBox install guest additions ubuntu command line guide CodeTryout provides version specific articles to install VirtualBox guest additions installation steps. 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. I followed (among other related threads) in order to mount a shared folder in my Ubuntu 20.04 VM.
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