[Bio-Linux] shared folders disappeared after update

[Tim Booth]

Hi Parham,

Sorry to hear about this.  Let's check things through one step at a
time, though I'm sure you've done most of this already:

1) In the VM, check that all updates applied successfully.  You can do
this in the terminal like so:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You should see 0 to install and 0 errors.

2) Type 'groups' and see if the list includes the word 'vboxsf'.  If
not, run:

sudo usermod -aG vboxsf $USER

3) Shut down the VM

4) In the shared folder settings in the VM, remove the shared folder
definition and recreate it from scratch with the options 'auto-mount'
and 'make permanent' selected.

5) Boot up the VM

6) In the VM, open up a terminal and give the command:

sudo VBoxControl --nologo sharedfolder list

What do you see?

7) Also, give the command:

ls -l /media

Again, what do you see?

Cheers,

TIM

On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 22:00 +0000, Parham Pourbozorgi wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have been using biolinux 8 on VMware player 7.1.0 build-2496824.
> Yesterday after a biolinux (or may be Ubuntu) update the shared
> folders between VMware and my host (Windows 8.1) disappeared and no
> matter how many of the online tips I tried and how many times I
> re-installed the biolinux I couldn't figure out a solution. I was
> wondering if you know the cause and you can give any advise.
> 
> 
> I must add that biolinux is a fantastic job and I really appreciate
> the effort, thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Parham

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