BP325 3 Posted January 2, 2025 Posted January 2, 2025 I just switched to Linux for the first time so please forgive me. I tried installing Emby but apparently it was already installed because it said I already have the latest version. I then went to the start up wizard and started setting up but I can' add any media because it can't seem to find my drives. They appear to be mounted and I can access the movies in the folders. I just can't seem to figure out how to get Emby to see the drives.
Solution TMCsw 248 Posted January 3, 2025 Solution Posted January 3, 2025 You probably need to do this!, Linux automounting is very limiting... So try this to properly mount your HD('s) (you can ignore the stuff at the beginning about the Pi) https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-mount-usb-drive/ Since you haven't said what distro of Linux your using I'm assuming it's Debian based...
BP325 3 Posted January 3, 2025 Author Posted January 3, 2025 Thank you TMCsw and Luke! That tutorial for the Pi did the trick. 1
BP325 3 Posted January 3, 2025 Author Posted January 3, 2025 Everything was going great but one of my drives says this?
TMCsw 248 Posted January 4, 2025 Posted January 4, 2025 Ya, That disk was a Windows boot disk before right? Windows formats it's boot disks with 2(two) reserved partitions at the start of the disk (the first 499mb the second is 100mb if i remember right) so extending a disk volume is rather easy but prepending is a lot harder So really In just suggest you levee it alone unless you have backup!
BP325 3 Posted January 4, 2025 Author Posted January 4, 2025 It's an external usb hard drive. It was never a boot disk as far as I know. That's why I'm a little confused.
BP325 3 Posted January 4, 2025 Author Posted January 4, 2025 I think I will just get any movies off that drive and reformat it. Then I should be able to mount it and put my media back on it?
TMCsw 248 Posted January 4, 2025 Posted January 4, 2025 (edited) Okay,, but i do recommend you remove all partions on the hd then format it to ext4, .. and restore the backup, happy trails. by the way 2 hours ago, BP325 said: It's an external usb hard drive. It was never a boot disk as far as I know. That's why I'm a little confused. that can happen, you can get a returned disk, that may seam to be a cheap and sold as new! Edited January 4, 2025 by TMCsw
BP325 3 Posted January 4, 2025 Author Posted January 4, 2025 I will do that. Thanks for all your help! 1
BP325 3 Posted January 7, 2025 Author Posted January 7, 2025 Thank you. Everything has been running smoothly since you guys help. 1
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