While using VirtualBox's Guest Additions to mount shared folders provides a seamless way to mount shared folders, there are also disadvantages.
- Shared folders will always mount in /media/sf_(share name) unless specified using through vbox drivers in the guest OS
- Mounting does not happen at boot-time. Applications that require paths at boot will not be able to access the shared folder even after it is mounted - such as Docker.
Instead of relying on Guest Additions, if you have sudo
permissions, shared folders can be mounted at boot-time using fstab
. Using this approach allows