Thanks for the tips, I managed to hack it into working.
Now I discovered it's a major PIA to get Samba to share an external
FAT32 drive. I think I'll just dig out a copy of Windows and save the
rest of my weekend from this p*ssing around!
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socistep;401978 Wrote:
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> LABEL="ExternalHDD_250Gb" /media/ExternalHDD_250Gbvfat
> defaults,uid=ian,umask=000 0 0
>
Ian, would you mind editing the wiki page Diana referenced to explain
how to set the partition label, and to show how to mount based on the
partition
Rein;401834 Wrote:
> I just installed SqueezeCenter on a new Ubuntu 8.01 install. I have all
> of my music folders on an external USB HD. For whatever reason I cannot
> get the SqueezeCenter browser to see the USB drive. I have checked
> permissions and they seem o.k., but I'm no Linux geek, so I
Rein;401841 Wrote:
> Browsing /media does not expose the drive.
Look at 'MusicOnLinuxUSBHardDrives' on the wiki. It may help. (Sorry
I can't post the whole URL quickly - when I did, my post got sent for
moderation! This seems to be an unhelpful new feature in the new forum
software.)
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Di
Yes, the desktop and folders expose the drive and the files are
accessible. It is FAT32. It was connected and powered up before booting
the system. Browsing /media does not expose the drive.
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Can you see the files from the GUI file browser? Do you know if the
external drive is FAT32 or NTFS?
You should be able to browse to /media and find the drive if it's
mounted correctly.
I will warn you that if the drive is not plugged in when you boot up
squeezecenter may have problems finding
I just installed SqueezeCenter on a new Ubuntu 8.01 install. I have all
of my music folders on an external USB HD. For whatever reason I cannot
get the SqueezeCenter browser to see the USB drive. I have checked
permissions and they seem o.k., but I'm not Linux geek, so I may have
missed some secre
