[roquini]

Hello,

I've installed XBMCbuntu and I have a 1T secondary HDD formatted as exFAT.

I've added Linux support for exFAT but for my secondary disk to mount properly I have to login on XBMCbuntu and open the file manager, click on the secondary disk. Then I logout and login on XBMC to be able to watch my movies.

If I just login on XBMC the disk is not mounted.

Is there a way for XBMC to auto-mount this secondary HDD?

[spookystew]

A little Google Fu will yield far better guides than I could type up here on manually editing the fstab (I used mount manager, an easier solution for me, Google it for directions on how to install it) to auto mount a drive. I will say this, I never could get a drive mounted under the /media folder to auto mount, but it would mount when I created a folder under /home. If I recall, /media is where Ubuntu auto mounts removable drives, and it would not auto mount at boot there, for me at least.

[artrafael]

Welcome to the XBMC forums.

If you don't feel comfortable editing /etc/fstab manually, you can use PySDM to handle this for you. Go to the XBMCbuntu desktop and launch Synaptic Package Manager (Start > System Tools), search for pysdm and select the options to install the package. Alternatively, you can open a terminal session and enter the command: sudo apt-get install pysdm

After installation is complete, you should find "Storage Device Manager" in your "System Tools" applications. See this guide for step-by-step instructions on how to use PySDM to mount a disk (skip the installation steps in the guide).

[roquini]

the pysdm solution worked like a charm.

I think the only trick there is to mark the HDD as 'mounted during boot time' in the configurations for that specific drive.

thanks guys for such a prompt response !