mount shared folder in Virtual Box

Question

I am emulating elementary OS via VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro.

In Terminal this command as root

mount -t vboxsf source destination

outputs:

mount: unknown file system type ‘vboxsf‘

Guest additions were installed.

Does something askubuntu.com/questions/456400/… here help? — lemonslice, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:05
I know this is not what you are looking for, but I would like to make you aware of VMware Player. I used to use Virtualbox then found VMware Player two weeks ago. I find it to be far more smooth and a higher quality than Virtualbox. If you continue to have issue with Virtualbox, give VMware Player a try. — Eosdude, Apr 27, 2017 at 21:49

Axel Advento · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-26 23:41:33Z

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Do you mean vboxfs? Try it instead ;)

answered Apr 26, 2017 at 23:41

Axel Advento

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I really think it is vboxsf indeed
– lemonslice
Apr 27, 2017 at 8:05
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I'm using vboxfs on my Mac but I have a weird installation setup for VirtualBox so it might be different from @MarcVB. The Ubuntu VirtualBox help for Shared Folders Troubleshooting section suggests the same rename to vboxfs thing. Let's just wait for his feedback and hope this works for him.
– Axel Advento
Apr 27, 2017 at 10:21

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