RaspyFi - Topic: Ext4 filesystem support for external HDD

admin on Ext4 filesystem support for external HDD

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:35:57 +0200

Hi Maurizio,
you will configure your windows machine as a samba server :
http://swerdna.dyndns.org/suse.....awin7.html

Then you configure RaspyFi as follows:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

and change the nas lines putting your pc's ip on the nas ip, and the folder /music

example: //192.168.1.x/music

then reboot and you should be up and running

maurizio on Ext4 filesystem support for external HDD

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:31:34 +0200

Hi All,
i am a new Linux user and my knowledges are very poors.
I need to access to a local share folder c:\music ( not with NAS) on my home pc from Raspyfi and use the VLC player
Could you please let me know if it’s possible ?

Many thanks

Maurizio

admin on Ext4 filesystem support for external HDD

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:05:05 +0100

Yes, you can!
Quoting from the other thread:

Find out how your usb hard drive is called:

fdisk -l
For example, /dev/sda1

Then, you create your folder and give proper permissions:
sudo mkdir /media/music1
sudo chmod -R 777 /media/music1
Now, set the automount:

sudo nano /etc/fstab
and insert the following line at the end:

/dev/sda1 /media/music1 ext4 defaults 0 0

Now, check if everything is allright:

mount -a
If you receive no errors, then you're fine.
Now, we create a symlink to mpd's default directory :
cd /var/lib/mpd/music
sudo ln -s /media/music1

Then reboot!

Enjoy!

Francesco on Ext4 filesystem support for external HDD

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:31:42 +0100

Hi, I have tried connecting an external (USB) hard disk drive with Ext4 filesystem, but the content could not be accessed. Is Ext4 support for an external hard disk feasible? thanks!