I have few drives not on my unraid. i would like to use/access this drive through unraid shares. i dont need parity protection on drives not on unraid.

 

Question is, how do i insert network drives not on unraid into unraid shares so i can access drives not on unraid through unraid shares?

 

Thanks.

I have few drives not on my unraid. i would like to use/access this drive through unraid shares. i dont need parity protection on drives not on unraid.

 

Question is, how do i insert network drives not on unraid into unraid shares so i can access drives not on unraid through unraid shares?

 

Thanks.

 

Well I suppose it would depend on if the drives you want to shard are part of another system or if you are talking about putting an extra drive in your unRAID server. If you want to share a folder on a Windows box you could probably make a short cut of the folder and stick it into a unRAID share...

If you want to share a folder on a Windows box you could probably make a short cut of the folder and stick it into a unRAID share...

 

Yes! Thats what i want to do. If its not a trouble, could you provide on how to do that? Or a link maybe? Or keyword for me to google.

 

Thanks.

If you want to share a folder on a Windows box you could probably make a short cut of the folder and stick it into a unRAID share...

 

Yes! Thats what i want to do. If its not a trouble, could you provide on how to do that? Or a link maybe? Or keyword for me to google.

 

Thanks.

 

OK this is based on using Windows 7. I will be different if you have other versions.

1. Make sure your Windows account is password protected (you will be asked to enter your user name and password when connect from another computer)

2. Right click on the folder you want to share and go to "Share With" and either select Homegroup (Read) or Homegroup (Read/Write) (I would pick the read/write)

3. Right click on the folder again and click copy

4. Browse to the unRAID directory where you would like to share the folder and right click and pick "paste shortcut"

5. Now if you go to another computer and click on the shortcut you will be asked for your user name and password (I would check the remember password box)

 

That should be everything.

Also, the Windows computer will have to be powered on for the folder to be shared to another computer

OK this is based on using Windows 7. I will be different if you have other versions.

1. Make sure your Windows account is password protected (you will be asked to enter your user name and password when connect from another computer)

2. Right click on the folder you want to share and go to "Share With" and either select Homegroup (Read) or Homegroup (Read/Write) (I would pick the read/write)

3. Right click on the folder again and click copy

4. Browse to the unRAID directory where you would like to share the folder and right click and pick "paste shortcut"

5. Now if you go to another computer and click on the shortcut you will be asked for your user name and password (I would check the remember password box)

 

That should be everything.

 

Tried that. But what i actually want is, from the user who access the tower share folder, they will see both unraid and network content as if both of the contents is on same drive. not shortcut. is this even possible?

 

thanks.

No, I'm fairly certain you can't do that.    If this was a purely Windows box, you could change the drive letter assignment for a drive to a folder on another drive;  but you can't assign it to a folder on a network drive (e.g. an UnRAID location).

 

Unless there's some way to spoof this in Linux (i.e. create an apparent folder that's actually a shortcut), then it can't be done.    I'm not a "Linux guy" -- but perhaps someone who is will see your question and confirm that it can't be done ... or provide the trick to do it.

 

Storing a shortcut (as outlined above) is, I'm almost certain, as close as you can come to making the other drive's content easily available [short of simply copying it to UnRAID].

 

Have you tried mounting the Windows drive under unRAID as a folder?

I do it for my POPCORNHOUR USB stick.

 

 

Tried that. But what i actually want is, from the user who access the tower share folder, they will see both unraid and network content as if both of the contents is on same drive. not shortcut. is this even possible?

 

mount.cifs $windowsIP:/$SMBShareName /mnt/user/$unraidShareName/$shareNameOnUnraid

 

Tuh-duh. You may or may not need to install some dependencies.

 

EDIT:-

Unless there's some way to spoof this in Linux (i.e. create an apparent folder that's actually a shortcut), then it can't be done.    I'm not a "Linux guy" -- but perhaps someone who is will see your question and confirm that it can't be done ... or provide the trick to do it.

 

There is and it requires no 'hackary', it's mounting a location, simple as.

 

Windows mounts using:-

A:\ (Reserved for floppy disks unless otherwise stated or all other letters run out)

B:\ (Reserved for something or another, I can't remember what)

C:\ (Reserved for file system unless other-wise states)

D:\

E:\

{...}

X:\

Y:\

Z:\

 

Linux mounting just mounts as a folder, for example, you're file system is normally pointed at:-

/

 

And everything else just depends on where you mount it, as I don't believe linux automatically mounts items.

 

EDIT:-

As proof, I broke the space time continuum (Or just mounted a SMB share inside of itself):-

root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files# mkdir "Loopback"
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files# mount.cifs "127.0.0.1:/Nicks Files" Loopback -o user=xxx,pass=xxx,dom=xxx
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# cd Loopback
root@Tower:/mnt/user/Nicks Files/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback/Loopback# 

Basically, each time I cd into "Loopback" I end back in "Nicks Files" which means that I can go back into Loopback, which makes an infinite loop (Or until the Filesystem character limit hits, which I believe is 255 characters).

 

Apparently doesn't work as well when executed on Ubuntu, but, that's nothing a bit of googling probably can't solve:-

 

EDIT:- Tip of the day, don't do anything recursive while CDed into said DIR, I just crashed two SSH clients in a row by doing this.

Good to know => so Linux lets you mount a drive as a folder, just like you can do with Windows.  I'm not really surprised ... but simply didn't know how to do it with Linux.

 

So, if I understand your requirement correctly, you're wanting to add a remote drive to an unRAID user share?

I have few drives not on my unraid. i would like to use/access this drive through unraid shares. i dont need parity protection on drives not on unraid.

 

Question is, how do i insert network drives not on unraid into unraid shares so i can access drives not on unraid through unraid shares?

 

Thanks.

 

It may be simpler the physically mount the drives in the unRAID server and share them directly from the server. unMENu or SNAP can do this.