Use Raspberry Pi as NAS and Mac as media server

[mcasey6747 1]

So long story short my mac mini 2011 keeps ejecting the external drives.  

 

I currently run everything through my mac.  However, due to this issue I'd like to move the actual media to a Raspberry Pi that has a 1gb hardwired connection to the mac.  

 

What format do I use for the hard drives?  It looks like there aren't any serious issues upon a few googles.  

 

Any advice on this?  

 

Appreciate it.

[Luke 42077]

@@JaScoMa do you have any tips on this?

[JaScoMa 34]

Debian based systems like Dietpi or raspian should be able to mount mac os file systems, at least in a read only mode minimal.

 

I don't run anything Mac so I can't assist you further.

[mcasey6747 1]

Dumb question. Which needs write access the Mac where I download the stuff from? Or the rpi which has the externals attached? It'd have to be the raspberry right?

[Luke 42077]

Write access for what exactly?

[mcasey6747 1]

To put the file on the external drive.

So to break it down. I use nzb on the Mac would download to the rpi and then use the macos to run emby transcode etc headless to the clients. Thanks

[Luke 42077]

So then the mac would need write access to the rpi drives.