trying to mount a NAS...

[vectorox]

I'm trying to mount a NAS device (Netgear readynas).
I've read everything I can find and tried everything I can think of but without success. Everything else on the network is working OK, I can access the NAS and Dreambox from my PC.
I have shared the directory on the NAS
My mount point settings are:

Description: readynas
Filesystem Type: 0 (0 = NFS, 1 = CIFS, 2 = SMBFS)
Auto Mount: YES
Client Directory: /media/hdd
Server Directory: /Videos
Remote Host Name/IP: 192.168.0.250
User Name:
Password:
Options: rsize=8192,wsize=8192

I have ticks on: rw & nolock

When I try to mount the NAS the dreambox hangs for about 2 minutes then says: MOUNT FAILED.

Can anyone help?
Thanks.

 

[mhku]

Did you read this thread: http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/dreambox-general/121915-mount-nas-drive-dm500.html

Can you mount a shared folder on your PC?

Welcome to the forum

 

[compufunk]

Client Directory: /media/hdd

Hello,

Do you have a harddisk installed in the dreambox? If so its probably already mounted to /media/hdd. This would cause problems.

You could try mounting it elsewhere, eg create a new directory in /media and mount it there.

 

[john_graydon]

Isnt it great to see the dreambox still giving sleepless nights after all these years.

 

[vectorox]

mhku - I've read the thread.
I can mount drive on my PC with the same settings.
Compufunk - I changed directory to 'net' but still no go.

The NAS dir I'm trying to mount shows up in 'My Network Places' as:
\\Nas-02-a2-e1\media\net\Videos
If I use:

Mountpoint: Nas-02-a2-e1/media/net
Server directory: Videos

Then I get: Mounting Failed, Could not create local directory
If I use:

Mountpoint: /media/net
Server directory: Videos

Then I get: Mount Failed.

Thanks for your suggestions :-worship

 

[dig deep]

Isnt it great to see the dreambox still giving sleepless nights after all these years.

I was just to post something like this

Always something new around the corner and this is something that I never tried so I will follow this thread.

 

[compufunk]

Compufunk - I changed directory to 'net' but still no go.

If it doesn't already exist, you may need to create the directory before you mount to it.

Telnet in and run the following command

mkdir /mnt/net

It was automatically created on my image, probably yours too.

Mountpoint: Nas-02-a2-e1/media/net
Server directory: Videos

You seem to have it the wrong way around here.

Mountpoint: is the local dreambox directory you want to mount to.
Server directory: Is the directory on the server that you want mounted to the dreambox.

You are better off using the NAS servers IP address instead of its name.

This would be an example of how you would set it up.

Mountpoint: /media/net
Server directory: /192.168.1.3/Videos

Obviously, substitute the IP address with that of your NAS server.

If after trying the above you still have problems, post up some screen shots of the menu and settings you are using.

I normally use the automount menu to do this and find it fairly simple. On my box its.
Blue Panel -> Extras / Setup -> Automount

Here is a screen shot of the settings I use to mount a network share to the dreambox.

 

[vectorox]

Thanks Compufunk, it wasn't that - I'd shared the 'net' dir on the NAS, the one below the 'Videos' dir, as soon as I shared the Videos dir it mounted. 2
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

 

[compufunk]

Glad to hear you got it sorted

Now on to the next headache

 

[vectorox]

Is it possible to play Mp3's from the mounted NAS drive?
I've got the Jukebox plugin but it only lists directories on the dreambox. :mad:
Thanks.

 

[compufunk]

Yes,

The dreambox will play MP3 format? WMA files wont be recognized.

You should be able to browse to the folders containing the music from the jukebox plugin.

Press Menu -> edit / create playslist -> browse to wherever the music is stored.

 

[vectorox]

Once I've opened the jukebox plugin the Menu button does nothing - there's no edit / create playslist anywhere...

EDIT: OK - sussed it