September 2, 200916 yr I have about 1TB of HD ripped movies that I wish to transfer to my unraid box. I followed the instructions for mounting an ntfs drive and am stuck at the point before I actually copy the files over. Reading through the forums, some have suggested using MC, unmenu or command line with cp. I just wanted to ask so I do it right, and also for the future - to determine which is the easiest way to do so. (aside from using windows explorer) Here is what Ive done so far : I created a mount point called /mnt/old_data I then mounted the ntfs drive with mount -r -t ntfs /dev/sdi1 /mnt/old_data -o umask=111,dmask=000 -v So now I am ready to copy, correct? QUestions/: 1. Is it advisable that I copy this to a user share (ie: mu user share called 'Movies"? The instructions I read have 'disk1' as the target, but Im confused how this will make it to the movies folder if I do so. How does the cache driv play into all this and howdo I take advantage of having one? 2. I tried to use MC but could not for the life of me figure out how to get it to work. Again, really just unsure as to where the data should initially go - whether I transfer the files to a DISK or to a USER SHARE. I dont Maybe it is as simple as transfering all the files to Disk 1 and then within explorer, moving them over to my user share??? Please assist!!!!!
September 2, 200916 yr I have about 1TB of HD ripped movies that I wish to transfer to my unraid box. I followed the instructions for mounting an ntfs drive and am stuck at the point before I actually copy the files over. Reading through the forums, some have suggested using MC, unmenu or command line with cp. I just wanted to ask so I do it right, and also for the future - to determine which is the easiest way to do so. (aside from using windows explorer) Here is what Ive done so far : I created a mount point called /mnt/old_data I then mounted the ntfs drive with mount -r -t ntfs /dev/sdi1 /mnt/old_data -o umask=111,dmask=000 -v So now I am ready to copy, correct? If you can now "cd" to the /mnt/old_data directory and see your existing files, yes. cd /mnt/old_data ls -l QUestions/: 1. Is it advisable that I copy this to a user share (ie: mu user share called 'Movies"? The instructions I read have 'disk1' as the target, but Im confused how this will make it to the movies folder if I do so. How does the cache driv play into all this and howdo I take advantage of having one? User-shares are a union view of the data on the disks. It does not matter if you copy to the /mnt/disk1,2,3/Movies or /mnt/user/Movies Whichever you do, they will still end up on one of your disks. If you use /mnt/disk1/Movies, or /mnt/disk2/Movies, you'll know exactly where the files end up. If it does not matter, then copy to /mnt/user/Movies and the split level and allocation rules you defined will determine where the files end up. 2. I tried to use MC but could not for the life of me figure out how to get it to work. Again, really just unsure as to where the data should initially go - whether I transfer the files to a DISK or to a USER SHARE. I dont Maybe it is as simple as transfering all the files to Disk 1 and then within explorer, moving them over to my user share??? Please assist!!!!! MC is easier if you use "putty" as the telnet client. Then the function keys work. A lot has been developed since you read those posts describing how to mount an NTFS disk. I suggest this method: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=4227.msg37329#msg37329 You can then use you web-browser to move your files. Joe L.
September 3, 200916 yr Author THank you very much. Just trying to understand it all and how the data moves.... So I didnt get your reply till after the fact, so I went ahead and copied it over to /mnt/user/movies... and I just had a couple of follow ups: 1. I did so using putty. Entered command, and then I guess it just started to work. Do I need to keep that window/session open the entire time? If so, how do I know its done? When I pressed enter, it just sorta went to a blank line. Then I accidetally closed the sessions a few hours later, and I now see that most of the info got over, but there were a couple of movies that didnt. Everything is still mounted, so do I just run sync to make sure all files are ok? 2. REgarding the actual data transfer itself....I dont care where the movies end up, on which disk or whatever. They are all 1.5 TB drives (except the cache) with all same specs so I have no care as to disk 1 or disk 2. I just wanted to see if it would be different if I copied to an actual drive, or to a share. Gathering from what you are saying, in either case, the data first goes to the cache drive, is this correct? So all other things being equal, there is no diff in terms of speed of transfer. The only diff is that by transferring to an actual disk, it doesnt get categorized into the 'movies' folder? Im totally lost. 3. Last question....this is my file structure: 3 User shares: Photos, Music, Videos. For videos, it goes like this: 1. Videos a. Home videos a)Date i) movie file b. Movies a) Title i) Video aa) "various ifo,avi,etc" files Obviously, all I really care about is that everything after section a or b above stay in the same disk. Does that mean that my split level should be 2 since it goes Videos (level 1) then Movies (level 2) ? If I go with 2, then what would happen in the event that several movies have an additional folder? I also had the same question about photos and music. Music is simply by artist, and photos are by date. Can those be set to 0? Sorry for the multitude of questions, and thanks in advance for any help. lkijlikj
September 5, 200916 yr Is this a contest to see who can create the tallest post? I'm pretty competitive, but I'll wait to see what the prize is! I tried to use MC but could not for the life of me figure out how to get it to work. * Transferring Files Within the unRAID Server - discusses how to use MC to copy and move files * Telnet - more information on using Telnet and PuTTY You do need to keep Telnet/PuTTY sessions open until you are done with them. You may be over-thinking the disks and shares, and their differences. Your data drives are just like windows drives, with folders and sub-folders. All of your data is stored on them, in the folders you choose, just as you are accustomed to. The User Share system is just a combined view of like folders on these drives, with a similar tree of folders. If you copy a file to a folder on a drive, then you will see the same file appear in the corresponding folder within a User Share, assuming that folder is a part of your User Shares. If you copy a file to a folder that is a part of one of your User Shares, then you will see that file appear in the corresponding folder, on ONE of your data drives. Concerning the Split Level setting, I suggest you take a look at the FAQ, User Shares section. You will find links to helpful examples.
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