vmrun enableSharedFolders fails: Must manually create "/mnt/hgfs" first

[Lucas Rangit Magasweran]

I'm using the Vagrant box "ainfamoussyn/vagrant-vmware-xenial64" because there's no Ubuntu 16.04 box with "vmware_workstation" tag. For some reason, I have to manually create the directory "/mnt/hgfs" for shared folders to work and not fail setup during provisioning. The error is below. I knew to create this directory before of the vmtoolsd error in syslog.

==> default: Enabling and configuring shared folders...
An error occurred while executing `vmrun`, a utility for controlling
VMware machines. The command and output are below:

Command: ["enableSharedFolders", "/home/lucasmagasweran/src/vagrant-getting_started/.vagrant/machines/default/vmware_workstation/0a0112d3-c066-4941-bf89-0fcbc5f7df73/vagrant-vmware-xenial64.vmx", {:notify=>[:stdout, :stderr]}]

Stdout: Error: There was an error mounting the Shared Folders file system inside the guest operating system

Stderr:

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

that should be in the VM.

Try these ones:

https://app.vagrantup.com/cbednarski

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[Lucas Rangit Magasweran]

Alvaro,

The issue does not occur with those Vagrant boxes. The directory /mnt/hgfs exists on boot and /vagrant is mounted and working.

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately those boxes are server images and don't include a GUI. I'll try to find a different box.

On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 2:51:16 AM UTC-7, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera wrote:

that should be in the VM.

Try these ones:

https://app.vagrantup.com/cbednarski

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 1:37 AM, Lucas Rangit Magasweran <external+grou...@magasweran.com> wrote:

I'm using the Vagrant box "ainfamoussyn/vagrant-vmware-xenial64" because there's no Ubuntu 16.04 box with "vmware_workstation" tag. For some reason, I have to manually create the directory "/mnt/hgfs" for shared folders to work and not fail setup during provisioning. The error is below. I knew to create this directory before of the vmtoolsd error in syslog.

==> default: Enabling and configuring shared folders...
An error occurred while executing `vmrun`, a utility for controlling
VMware machines. The command and output are below:

Command: ["enableSharedFolders", "/home/lucasmagasweran/src/vagrant-getting_started/.vagrant/machines/default/vmware_workstation/0a0112d3-c066-4941-bf89-0fcbc5f7df73/vagrant-vmware-xenial64.vmx", {:notify=>[:stdout, :stderr]}]

Stdout: Error: There was an error mounting the Shared Folders file system inside the guest operating system

Stderr:

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[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello

Packer.io is a tool that can create vagrant boxes.

You can use vmware-vmx to start from a VM, create the directory with a provisioner and package them again.

https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html

then later you can create your own custom box from iso if needed.

Alvaro

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