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Hey everyone,


I've been using xbmc for a couple years now but I'm thinkin I wanna try a live install instead of running ubuntu then installing xmbc on top of it (just to keep it a lil cleaner) and i've run into a bit of a wall.

I downloaded the Dharma release of the live iso, burned it to a cd and installed it to a 4gb flash drive, no issues. It starts up great and everything, but I'm a but confused on how to get it to see my internal and external drives.

When I looked at the wiki, it mentioned using the /usr/bin/mountdisk, but I couldn't really find a noobie's guide for setting this up. Ive searched the forums and couldn't find what I needed so I'm asking for help now. Anyone able to lend a hand?


Thanks

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Any ideas? :|

[Evin]

1, Know, what you want to mount

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

It will shows you your Harddisks, for example "/dev/sdc1"

2, Create a mount-point

Code:

sudo mkdir /media/YOUR_DESIRED_FOLDERNAME

It's a simple folder, where you can find the content of your drive.

3, Edit /etc/fstab

Code:

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup
sudo nano /etc/fstab

Mount the drives permanently.
Add a line at the end:
/dev/sdc1 /media/YOUR_DESIRED_FOLDERNAME ext3 defaults 0 0

• ext3 = your filesystem
• the entries are separated through TAB
• save with CTRL+O
• exit with CTRL+X

4, Mount drives

Code:

sudo mount -a

5, Set permissions

Code:

sudo chown -R xbmc:xbmc /media/YOUR_DESIRED_FOLDERNAME
sudo chmod -R 777 /media/YOUR_DESIRED_FOLDERNAME

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Thanks a lot, that was exactly what I needed.

I have an external that I leave turned off sometimes, will I be able to quick mount it or does it need to stay on permanently with this method? (Is it gonna run into issues with having the fstab auto mount all hard drives even if one isn't there?) I haven't done manual mounting in a while and i'm a bit under-experienced. Thanks again.

[Evin]

Ok, I have no idea how it wil work best with an external drive. I guess it would be a good idea not to mount it with /dev/sdXX.

Since it's time to find some sleep, I will look tomorrow how to mount with the unique UID...