/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Invalid argument - how to solve this error?

Question

I'm trying to share a folder between ,a host, windows 10 and ,a guest, ubuntu 16.04. I have already created a folder in linux and set up inside the virtual box. Inside /media I have created a folder called songs. now I'm trying to mount a volume using the following:

sudo mount -t vboxsf sf_shareubuntu/ songs/

I'm getting the following error:

/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: Invalid argument

how do I solve this error?

Solution

The normal way to get that done from the link provided by Norbert

sudo mount -t vboxsf [-o OPTIONS] sharename mountpoint

So your command should be

sudo mount -t vboxsf [-o OPTIONS] sharename /media/songs

To mount a shared folder during boot, add the following entry to /etc/fstab:

sharename   /media/songs   vboxsf   defaults  0   0

The sharename comes from the Windows hosts' sharename

Comments

[N0rbert]

Have you read official documentation "5.3.1. Manual Mounting"?

[George Udosen]

There is no location like sf_shareubuntu/ songs/ it ought to be sharename /media/songs/