So in the previous version of unraid I was using 4.5.1, I would export a whole disk and when a mac connected to it, it viewed the whole disk.  Then I would set time machine to backup to the disk and it worked well.  Now I have upgraded to 5.0beta12a and I want to do the same thing as on 4.5.1.  Is there a way to export the whole disk so that any mac can use it for files or TM or whatever, kindof like an external USB drive.

 

Also on 4.5.1 I could have SMB sharing the same disk as AFP.  But I have been told this doesn't work anymore. 

 

Thanks.

M-

I've never used it, but I believe you don't want to run TM on a disk, but rather only on a user share. Otherwise, TM will create some directories in the root of the disk and every directory in the root of a disk becomes a user shares meaning you end up with these extra user shares.

 

Peter

Got it working.  Edited the default AppleVolumes.default- file and added /mnt/user as a share.  Its working fine so far.

Got it working.  Edited the default AppleVolumes.default- file and added /mnt/user as a share.  Its working fine so far.

Did you have 4.x working with the AFP setup as explained here?

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=4521.0

 

I just recently upgraded as well, but completely commented out my previous AFP settings based on the above link, as 5.x has AFP built-in and I didn't want two different AFP implementations running at the same time.

 

I'm still playing with it and trying to make it run as smoothly as possible, now that I can use user shares for the first time...

 

-Christian

Got it working.  Edited the default AppleVolumes.default- file and added /mnt/user as a share.  Its working fine so far.

 

You could just click on the disk link and export with AFP.