hgfs directory is NOT appearing

Joy Stick · 12-30-2017, 05:55 AM

Dear Linux Admins,

Host : Windows 10
Virtual Machine : Vmware Workstation 8.0.1
Guest: Oracle Linux 6.9

>> Problem

[root@ausdev mnt]# pwd
/mnt
[root@ausdev mnt]# ls -l
total 0
[root@ausdev mnt]#

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hgfs directory is not appearing.
usually it is coming under /mnt/hgfs -> for sharing purpose host to Guest machine.

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# cat /etc/*release
LSB_VERSION=base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Oracle Linux Server release 6.9
NAME="Oracle Linux Server" 
VERSION="6.9" 
ID="ol" 
VERSION_ID="6.9" 
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 6.9" 
ANSI_COLOR="0;31" 
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6:9:server"
HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/" 
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.oracle.com/" 

ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 6" 
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=6.9 
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux" 
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=6.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 (Santiago)
Oracle Linux Server release 6.9

But i am using Vmware Workstation 8.0.1

Thanks

_roman_ · 12-30-2017, 06:51 AM

You need to configure the virtualisation software properly.

To make visible (=enable) input devices, network devices and storage devices (=mount).

When this is correctly configured.

Inside the virtualisation

Quote:

mount

Quote:

lsblk

mount it, help: man mount

Quote:

mount - mount a filesystem

Than verify if you see a storage device if it is setup correctly for future use:

Quote:

cat /etc/fstab

Not sure if that is any help:
https://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/d...refold_ws.html

Joy Stick · 12-30-2017, 07:53 AM

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# mount
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0")
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda7 on /tmp type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda3 on /u01 type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /u02 type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda9 on /u03 type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda6 on /usr type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
vmware-vmblock on /var/run/vmblock-fuse type fuse.vmware-vmblock (rw,nosuid,nodev,default_permissions,allow_other)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /root/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev)

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# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
fd0      2:0    1    4K  0 disk 
sda      8:0    0   96G  0 disk 
&#9500;─sda1   8:1    0  240M  0 part /boot
&#9500;─sda2   8:2    0 24.4G  0 part /u02
&#9500;─sda3   8:3    0 15.6G  0 part /u01
&#9500;─sda4   8:4    0    1K  0 part 
&#9500;─sda5   8:5    0  9.8G  0 part /
&#9500;─sda6   8:6    0  9.8G  0 part /usr
&#9500;─sda7   8:7    0  3.9G  0 part /tmp
&#9500;─sda8   8:8    0  3.9G  0 part [SWAP]
&#9492;─sda9   8:9    0 28.4G  0 part /u03
sr0     11:0    1 1024M  0 rom

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]# cat /etc/fstab

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Sat Dec 30 22:48:39 2017
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
UUID=9a63aa67-d319-455f-b6d0-dbd2a53ea51c /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
UUID=87750c9a-e1e1-4d5d-95ba-1fd31d3be78f /boot                   ext4    defaults        1 2
UUID=0bcbd9de-ae7f-498d-ad3c-c99a68cce316 /tmp                    ext4    defaults        1 2
UUID=c8e4714a-aa29-4112-a366-8bd9aadd86c0 /u01                    ext4    defaults        1 2
UUID=2b426783-fee9-480a-a8e2-76b5e97e2d67 /u02                    ext4    defaults        1 2
UUID=1d07c0dc-a5db-4dd5-8fed-31d8a9b6dde3 /u03                    ext4    defaults        1 2
UUID=64865f99-71fb-41dc-bd9c-9231b6cad0b4 /usr                    ext4    defaults        1 2
UUID=bea31dc7-ad2a-4714-9d91-b5cb9023a89b swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0

But please help me ' how do i get /mnt/hgfs directory ?