Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#1603 closed enhancement (fixed)
mount vboxsf filesystems automatically => Fixed in 1.6.2
| Reported by: | Matthijs Melchior | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 1.6.0 |
| Keywords: | vboxvfs mount vboxsf | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
Please add code like the following to /etc/init.d/vboxvfs inside a Linux guest. This will mount and umount the 'vboxsf' filesystems mentioned in /etc/fstab whenever the vboxvfs kernel module is inserted or removed.
Thanks.
--- vboxvfs-ORG 2008-05-22 17:24:00.000000000 +0200
+++ vboxvfs 2008-05-23 16:14:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -140,16 +140,21 @@
fail "modprobe $modname failed"
}
}
+ # Now we can mount vboxsf filesystems mentioned in /etc/fstab
+ mount -a -t vboxsf
+
succ_msg
return 0
}
stop() {
begin "Stopping VirtualBox Additions shared folder support ";
- if running; then
- rmmod $modname || fail "Cannot unload module $modname"
- fi
- succ_msg
+ # must umount vboxsf filesystems first
+ umount -a -t vboxsf &&
+ if running; then
+ rmmod $modname || fail "Cannot unload module $modname"
+ fi &&
+ succ_msg
return 0
}
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Summary: | mount vboxsf filesystems automatically → mount vboxsf filesystems automatically => Fixed in 1.6.2 |
|---|
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
|---|---|
| Status: | new → closed |
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This is a good idea and I committed a similar fix this SVN.