problem with sharing files between window and VMwave SeaDAS VA

By m.canto Date 2012-03-14 23:45

Hi Ngu,
Did you try to restart the VA Machine after making the changes, that is after enabling the shared folder? That usually solves the problem, in my case.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Tess

By hn.huynh Date 2012-03-15 01:02

Hi Tess,

I did as your advice and it worked.
Thank you very much.

HN

By WhiteG Date 2012-03-15 17:02

Here are some things to consider:

1) check that the vmware kernel modules are loaded

$ lsmod | grep vm vmhgfs    63371 1 vmci    86575 2 vmhgfs,vsock vmw_balloon 12846 0 vmxnet    26931 0 vmw_pvscsi    22881 0 vmxnet3 45833 0

There should be an entry for vmhgfs. If not you may need to update the vmware tools (see VMware docs).

2) Once the module is loaded, try

$ sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs $ df -t vmhgfs Filesystem    1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on .host:/    65661680 45634776 20026904 70% /mnt/hgfs

By spiering Date 2012-04-06 14:58

I have removed and reinstalled the vmplayer and seadas va twice

the path c:\seadas_shared is in the .vmx file and there is a directory created on windows c: drive
the shared directories have been enabled always

the command touch ~/shared/testfile returns nothing
there is no directory called shared in seadas or seadas/seadas

the command lsmod | grep vm returns an entry for vmhgfs
vmhgfs 37015 0

the command sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host/ /mnt/hgfs returns:
share name must be in host:dir format
Error: share name invalid, aborting mount

can anyone help?
thanks

By spiering Date 2012-04-06 16:26

I forgot the : in .host:/

the mount command above did work

By vlad_rostov Date 2012-04-06 22:07

Have you tried installing VMWare Tools?

By @sean Date 2012-04-07 03:02

So, does this mean you can access the shared directory? Or are you still experiencing difficulties?

By spiering Date 2012-04-10 12:06

Yes I can now access the shared directory with no problems after following the above instructions correctly. For others with problems - I found the instructions in the vmplayer help files. Also, I've found the linuxcommands.com web site to an excellent tutorial for those without linux experience.