On 2020-06-20 15:19, Fred wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 09:23:58 -0400
Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have an external 4TB drive with some files stored on it that I want
to keep. I would like to connect it to the port provided on an ASUS
router which will replace the one in service now. It appears that
accomplishing that requires that the drive contain a samba share?
This is an FC32 system using xfce, I dnf installed Samba. What do I
need to do to make the external drive accessible as a samba share if
that is what it requires? My effort with google has not helped ...
Bob
Bob,
Your message hints that you don't specifically want the external drive
to be mounted all the time and be accessible to all users at all times,
only that it may be needed for occasional use. I have a drive attached
to my router that I mount manually for occasional backups or file
access. I have not manually created a samba server.
I am not using the same equipment as you. My router is a Netgear with a
2TB Seagate disk attached to its USB port. I can connect to it with my
F32 computer using Mate desktop and from a laptop (wifi) running Linux
Mint, also Mate desktop. The Seagate drive has the factory format -
NTFS. Samba has not been manually installed on any computer. Just to
verify, I have a recently installed F32/Gnome desktop in QEMU/KVM that
has no software additions from the live iso. This is the mount
location:
/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=r6900p.local,share=usb_storage/...
r6900p is my Netgear's name.
Using the Mate or the Gnome file manager, I was able to select the
address of my router and connect. A window opens offering to connect
anomalously or enter name & password. I did not enter name/pwd, just
clicked connect. Once connected, I added the address to my file browser
bookmarks so connecting is easier. The exact steps vary with file
manager.
When I first got the 2TB Seagate drive several years ago, I had to
modify its name to make it more linux friendly
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Fred, my objective is to use the drive as an NAS. The drive began life
as a WD Mybook, it had two 2GB partitions for whatever reason and I had
been using it to save NFS files etc. It would appear on my desktop file
manager and I would mount it there when I needed to save stuff to it.
Recently I removed the original partitions and made it one 4TB partition
and have been using it in the same way. Now I would like to connect it
to the router USB port and make it available on the LAN for wired or
wifi use. My stuff is mainly connected through an ethernet switch but I
have iPhone, iPad, whatever users that are wireless.
My immediate problem is that I did not see the external drive when i set
up the ASUS router yesterday. I guess I need to go back and look at that
again on order to define the problem better, but I expected to see the
external drive listed and did not at the time I believe it was asking
fir a share name which I could not provide. So it is a continuing effort
that I am muddling through ...
As I said I have to move to the other computer which for the present is
dedicated to configuring the new router, a task that never seems simple
when you don't have a Windows system to work from. With the aid of
network manager I could see that the default address was 192.168.50.1 I
did not expect that. Now I need to figure hoe to mount the USB drive as
Ed suggested, hopefully to /media/USB that I made for the purpose.
--
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD
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