Virtualbox - /Sbin/Mount.Vboxsf: Mounting Failed Alongside The Error: Protocol Mistake [Solution]

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I purpose Oracle's virtual machine, Virtualbox to run the Linux operating organization from my Windows machine. It's the most elementary agency to bring ii operating organization inward your laptop or PC. Since I run most of Java programme inward Linux, VirtualBox gives me a prissy interface to run UNIX commands correct from Windows box. This weblog post is nigh the mounting of shared folder failed mistake inward Oracle's Virtualbox VM. It was working fine 24-hour interval earlier yesterday together with now, after I restarted my virtual box together with tried to mountain my shared folder, I was greeted yesteryear this error: "/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed alongside the error: Protocol error". I was using the next ascendence to mountain my shared folder on VirtualBox:

$ mountain -t vboxsf mountfolder /home/devInHost/mountfolder

I was running Oracle's VirtualBox 4.1 version alongside the invitee operating organization every bit RedHat Linux together with host OS every bit Windows 8.

Solving /sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed alongside the error: Protocol mistake VirtualBox

There was zip dissimilar I was trying, I had run this ascendence successfully numerous times, precisely it was non working today.

I looked all over the cyberspace for a solution together with tried things similar running this ascendence after doing
$ cd / 
or
$ cd
precisely alongside no luck. After a fleck of struggle, I constitute that my virtual box has no shared folder.

I went to Settings -> Shared Folders together with at that topographic point was zip on it, fifty-fifty though I had specified shared folder inward the previous run. I afterwards realized that I had non made it permanent, that's why when I restarted my VirtualBox, at that topographic point was no shared folder.

Once I specified the shared folder the ascendence ran fine, fifty-fifty without restarting  the virtual box.

Summary

Here is the summary of what happened, what was the rootage drive of the mistake together with how I fixed it.

What I was trying to do: 
mounting shared folder on Linux invitee OS within Oracle VirtualBox.

Command:

$ mountain -t vboxsf mountfolder /home/devInHost/mountfolder

Error:
"/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed alongside the error: Protocol error"

Cause:
There was no shared folder. I had earlier terminal run precisely it wasn't permanent then when I restarted the Virtual box, it got reset.  You tin banking concern tally this yesteryear going to Settings -> Shared Folders

Solution:
Specify the novel shared folder together with re-run the command $ mountain -t vboxsf mountfolder /home/devInHost/mountfolder again. It volition survive fine, no withdraw to restart the Virtual box again.

Thanks, I promise this tin relieve roughly fourth dimension for you, when y'all larn this error, don't forget to banking concern tally your shared folder settings inward the virtual box earlier looking into the cyberspace for the solution.

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