My virtualbox fstab will not auto-mount on reboot?

Question

I am able to mount my drive manually like this (ubuntu):

sudo mount -t vboxsf C_DRIVE /mnt/saga_c

But when I try and add it to my fstab it does not mount when I restart the machine. Is there something wrong with my /etc/fstab line:

C_DRIVE         /mnt/saga_c     vboxsf   defaults         0   0

Do I need something in addition to the vboxsf? Or is there something else I am doing incorrectly?

I'd try adding an explicit auto to the mount options. It can't hurt and quoth mount(8): "Some of these options could be enabled or disabled by default in the system kernel."

Shiki · Answer 1 · 2010-05-29 20:01:56Z

up vote 5 down vote accepted

Try removing the "defaults 0 0" part. Just a hunch.

Found this (put this instead of the defaults):
rw,uid=1000,gid=1000

Report back. :)

answered May 29 '10 at 20:01

Shiki
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	Have to leave right now but I will try it tonight and get back. Thanks! – stephenmm May 29 '10 at 21:59
	This is how my fstab looks now and it seems to be working. Thanks! C_DRIVE /mnt/saga_c vboxsf auto,rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 – stephenmm May 30 '10 at 21:06

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Raystafarian · Answer 2 · 2012-02-29 18:37:55Z

This is what worked for me on Ubuntu 11.10 Server:

/etc/fstab line:

sites   /home/rob/sites vboxsf  auto,rw,uid=1000,gid=33 0 0

uid 1000 = my user, gid=33 www-data (apache group on ubuntu..)

/etc/rc.local

mount /home/rob/sites

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