[Bio-Linux] VMWare shared folders
Tim Booth
tbooth at ceh.ac.uk
Tue Mar 3 13:51:25 EST 2015
Hi Parham,
In the last day I've gone through and retried the setup on a fresh test
installation using VMWare Desktop (which I think uses exactly the same
drivers as the player) and indeed I was unable to get it working.
So I'm sorry my original answers were totally useless and I think you
are right that support has been discontinued. I came to this page:
https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches
Which suggested that by installing the 3.16.x kernel package
"linux-image-virtual-lts-utopic" and applying the patches from that page
I should be able to get the necessary kernel module compiled, but I've
had no luck.
Did the articles you read suggest an alternative? I'd imagine that
sharing the folders in Windows then connecting to them using either
gvfs-mount or mount.cifs would work, but as all the traffic will need to
go through the networking layer it won't be as fast as using shared
folders.
Cheers,
TIM
On Tue, 2015-03-03 at 12:41 +0000, Parham Pourbozorgi wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> No worries thanks any way.
> I tried the commands and here is the output again:
>
>
> sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/shared
> Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device
>
>
> I assumed vmware-config-tools.pl should be ran with default values. It
> seems it's not working with VMware. I don't have any problem with
> VirtualBox. I just prefer VM because it runs biolinux faster than
> VirtualBox. At least a year ago that was my experience so then I
> switched to VM. I must add that several places I read that VM has
> removed this shared folder option from newer version. Could that be
> the reason?
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Parham
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Parham Pourbozorogi
>
>
> PhD student,
> Dept. of medical biochemistry and biophysics,
> Umeå Unviersity,
> Umeå - Sweden
>
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> From: Parham Pourbozorgi <papo0009 at gapps.umu.se>
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> Hi,
> Thanks for looking into it. I tried the steps, it seems there
> is no vboxsf
> available. This is the output:
> sudo usermod -aG vboxsf $USER
> usermod: group 'vboxsf' does not exist
>
> I must add that I installed VMware's tools with default
> values, in case
> they had to be changed.
>
> Cheers,
> Parham
>
> Kind regards,
> Parham Pourbozorogi
>
> PhD student,
> Dept. of medical biochemistry and biophysics,
> Ume? Unviersity,
> Ume? - Sweden
>
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> > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:21:46 +0000
> > From: Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
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> <bio-linux at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk>
> > Cc: Parham Pourbozorgi <papo0009 at gapps.umu.se>
> > Subject: Re: [Bio-Linux] shared folders disappeared after
> update
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> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> > NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre
> >
> > Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
> > Maclean Bldg, Benson Lane
> > Crowmarsh Gifford
> > Wallingford, England
> > OX10 8BB
> >
> > http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux
> > +44 1491 69 2297
> >
> >
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> From: Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
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> <bio-linux at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk>
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> Hi Parham,
>
> I do apologise - I didn't read your e-mail properly and sent
> instructions for VirtualBox rather than VMWare. You can
> ignore the
> vboxsf stuff.
>
> Given you already installed the VMWare drivers, please try
> this:
>
> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
>
> sudo vmware-config-tools.pl
>
> sudo mkdir -p /mnt/shared
>
> sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/shared
>
> ls /mnt/*
>
> Any joy? Or else what exact error messages do you get?
>
> Cheers,
>
> TIM
>
> On Mon, 2015-03-02 at 14:43 +0000, Parham Pourbozorgi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for looking into it. I tried the steps, it seems
> there is no
> > vboxsf available. This is the output:
> > sudo usermod -aG vboxsf $USER
> > usermod: group 'vboxsf' does not exist
> >
> >
> > I must add that I installed VMware's tools with default
> values, in
> > case they had to be changed.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Parham
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Parham Pourbozorogi
> >
> >
> > PhD student,
> > Dept. of medical biochemistry and biophysics,
> > Ume? Unviersity,
> > Ume? - Sweden
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM,
> > <bio-linux-request at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Send Bio-Linux mailing list submissions to
> > bio-linux at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk
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> >
> http://nebclists.nerc.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/bio-linux
> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body
> 'help' to
> > bio-linux-request at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk
> >
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> > bio-linux-owner at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk
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> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it
> is more
> > specific
> > than "Re: Contents of Bio-Linux digest..."
> >
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> > 1. Re: shared folders disappeared after update
> (Tim Booth)
> >
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:21:46 +0000
> > From: Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> > To: Bio-Linux help and discussion
> > <bio-linux at nebclists.nerc.ac.uk>
> > Cc: Parham Pourbozorgi <papo0009 at gapps.umu.se>
> > Subject: Re: [Bio-Linux] shared folders disappeared
> after
> > update
> > Message-ID:
> >
> >
> <1425291706.29012.142.camel at wllt1771.nerc-wallingford.ac.uk>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> > NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre
> >
> > Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
> > Maclean Bldg, Benson Lane
> > Crowmarsh Gifford
> > Wallingford, England
> > OX10 8BB
> >
> > http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux
> > +44 1491 69 2297
> >
> >
> >
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> > ****************************************
> >
> >
>
> --
> Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre
>
> Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
> Maclean Bldg, Benson Lane
> Crowmarsh Gifford
> Wallingford, England
> OX10 8BB
>
> http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux
> +44 1491 69 2297
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