Even after I configured the vbox-shared folder in the in the VirtulBox management interface and ensured that the latest guest additions were installed, the vbox-shared link on the quickstart desktop shows the default readme.txt.

It appears that VirtualBox 4.0.10 adds shared folders to /media rather than /mnt. Shares also have a configurable prefix that is set to "sf_" by default.

Perhaps the desktop link could be updated to point to /media/sf_vbox-shared

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undersound3’s picture

undersound3 commented

Just to be sure.
You did gave the folder the name "shared"?

I gave it a different name last time I set up quickstart.
Once I changed the folder name to "shared" it worked.

MichaelCole’s picture

MichaelCole commented
Category: bug » support
Status: Active » Fixed

Yes, the name needs to be shared. If you search the bash scripts for "shared" you'll find the exact bash code that set's up the shared folders during installation.

Quickstart is designed for people to download and use, much more so that to build themselves.

Good luck!

Mike

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

sikjoy’s picture

sikjoy commented

One important thing to note on this issue: If you select auto mount in the VirtualBox Manager's shared folder settings, quickstart will not successfully mount the shared folder to /mnt/vbox-shared and the Desktop link will be broken.