gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

TIMEOUT=10
DEV=eth0

cnt=0
echo waiting for IP
while (( $cnt < $TIMEOUT )); do
    IP=$(/sbin/ip -4 addr show dev $DEV scope global | grep "inet"  | cut -f6 -d' ' | cut -f1 -d'/' )
    [[ $IP ]] && break
    sleep 1;
    (( cnt++ ))
    IP="Unknown"
done

/usr/bin/clear
cat << EOF
Welcome to the Mer SDK. Use "right-ctrl F2" to get a login prompt.

Your VM SDK IP address is:  $IP

Note that if you have configured VirtualBox to use NAT for this VM you
should use
  ssh -p 2222 root@localhost

Mounting shared folders....
EOF

fail=
if VBoxControl -nologo sharedfolder list | grep ' home$' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
    mount -tvboxsf -o"rw,exec,uid=1001,gid=1001,dev"  home /home/mersdk || fail=1
else
    echo 'Failed to mount shared folder "home"'
    fail=1
fi
if VBoxControl -nologo sharedfolder list | grep ' targets$' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
    mount -tvboxsf -o"rw,exec,uid=1001,gid=1001,dev"  targets /srv/mer/targets || fail=1
else
    echo 'Failed to mount shared folder "targets"'
    fail=1
fi

if [[ $fail ]]; then
    VBoxControl -nologo sharedfolder list
    echo "Please see https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Platform_SDK_on_VirtualBox"
    echo "for instructions on setting up"
else
    echo mounted home and targets succesfully
fi