April 6, 200818 yr OK I finally took a deep dive into sh*t and started at the same time: - to rebuild my "home-server/every-day-work" machine (had to do it since unRAID machine is based on the old components of this) - build unRAID Doing both is very risky and easy to mess things up (thus the rough first sentence)... I had to devise a very complex path to implement the scenario as bloodlessly as possible. Luckily I have one more machine in this room (vista and very powerfull machine) so I have at least one machine with full functionality in case I need full functioning windows for some reason (plus one more machine in the living-room, but not to confy to do actual work in a 37" LCD) Anyway, to the point. In the middle of my implementation, I will have to move files from a 2.5" USB drive. All other disks (before and after this one) can be directly installed on IDE or SATA busses, but this particular one (NTFS btw) has to stay on USB. So here is the question: Will I be able to mount this one on unRAID so that I can move files from this disk? How? (ok I know this is actually two questions) Bear in mind my linux knowledge is limited, so how to actually do this step by step is vital for me. If I cannot do it otherwise, I will do it over the network, but since this is 120GB of data, I prefer not.
April 6, 200818 yr I don't know if unRAID supports reading from NTFS or not. If it doesn't, you can compile NTFS support as a module, then load it. As far as being able to read from a usb disk, that should work fine (remember, your usb drive that's used to boot unRAID is basically a regular usb drive as far as linux is concerned). If it's too much hassle, just copy the files from one PC to the other over the network and do something else in the meantime. I had lots of data to move over, so I'd just queue a bunch of stuff during the day, before I went to bed, etc. It eventually transferred over. Feel free to do a quick speed test, while samba seemed fast enough (and was more convenient), ftp was a LOT faster when I was using linux (samba was terribly slow, I'm sure it had to do with how I mounted it, but still).
April 6, 200818 yr Author Well it supports reading from NTFS I can tell you that. This is not the problem. The problem is if it identifies a USB disk (I will make sure it is on when I boot) and I can mount it somehow. (so I need someone to tell me "yes it will" and then a nice list of commands of how I find it in linux and mount it so that I can mv) FTP will not be a problem sure. I really prefer "local" moves though (managed through MC in telnet). Reading my "scenario" shows me that in fact I will need USB to work for TWO disks... a 120GB and a... 500GB so, really, I need this to work.
April 6, 200818 yr Another option is what I did during my recent rebuild. Go ahead and format your drive(s) using unRAID. Then reboot using a live Linux CD such as Knoppix, and copy your data from the USB drive to the internal drive. Knoppix has built-in support for reading NTFS. Also, since it's a graphical interface, you won't need any Linux-specific knowledge. Just make sure you're copying to the right hard drive. When I did it, I only had one internal drive powered on at a time, so I always knew I was copying files to the right disk. Of course this means using a CD or DVD drive in your unRAID box...at least while you're setting it up. I decided to leave mine in my unRAID, so I can easily boot the box using Knoppix or something else if I ever need to.
April 6, 200818 yr Author well it is an interesting idea (I don't have a DVD on though) reading NTFS is not a problem in unRAID I just wonder about the USB disks
April 6, 200818 yr Take a look in the wiki. I just created a page for you. http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=How-To%27s To mount the drive as read-only, just add -r option the the mount command. Joe L.
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