{"id":20172,"date":"2016-06-03T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T12:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=20172"},"modified":"2022-05-19T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T10:04:30","slug":"mounting-an-external-drive","status":"publish","type":"kbe_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wiki\/mounting-an-external-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Mounting an External Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please note:<\/strong> The mounting process is always based on your individual application of it. The parameters may vary depending on your system. Make sure you have a valid access through your local network for the network share you want to add. With devices like NAS’ you can add a specific login and folders for the share you want to add to your device.<\/p>\n

Attention:<\/strong> The SMB-version you need to define when using “cifs” depends on the SMB-versions your NAS supports. This can vary between different manufacturers and models. Please make sure the SMB-version you want to use is supported by your NAS. You can edit the value vers=1.0 accordingly if necessary.<\/p>\n

For Linux mounts<\/strong>: If the Squeezebox server should not have write access to your network share (e.g. when saving playlists), add these parameters:\u00a0uid=squeezeboxserver,gid=0<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: Add these parameters for better failover (e.g. when share is not always available):\u00a0\u00a0_netdev,comment=systemd.automount<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Step 1:<\/h3>\n

Start your web browser and type http:\/\/max2play\/<\/code> (or the hostname you have given to the particular device, respectively) into the URL bar in order to get access to the Max2Play browser interface.
\n\"Open<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/h3>\n

Go to the menu item “Filesystem\/Mount”.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/h3>\n

In the first field, you start with two forward slashes, followed by the\u00a0IP or hostname of the source device and then your shared path, e.g. \/\/192.168.1.100\/share<\/code>. You can see all available network devices by clicking the blue button “Show Network Devices”.<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/h3>\n

In the second field, you enter the destination path within the Max2Play’s filesystem, where you want the network share to be attached to, e.g. \/mnt\/share<\/code><\/p>\n

Important:<\/strong> Only use folders under \/mnt\/ or \/media\/.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Step 5:<\/h3>\n

Depending on your host device, the third field requires you to enter the type of the filesystem protocol. Mostly cifs<\/code> or nfs<\/code>.<\/p>\n

Step 6:<\/h3>\n

The last field requires your login information that you set up for the share.\u00a0You can copy and paste the line from the help section user=name,password=pass,sec=ntlm,iocharset=utf8<\/code>\u00a0and just replace “name” with the username and “pass” with the password.<\/p>\n

Important:\u00a0<\/strong>Always enter the parameter “sec=ntlm” in the last field. Click the “Show Help” button to see which parameters should be entered for your mount.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Step 7:<\/h3>\n

When you have entered all your necessary parameters, click “save” to add the new share.<\/p>\n

Step 8:<\/h3>\n

If you want to access the folder via the Squeezebox Server, go to Settings\/Basic Settings in the server web interface and enter the path (e.g. \/mnt\/share<\/code>) after “Media folder”.\u00a0Then click on apply. The server should now update the database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please note: The mounting process is always based on your individual application of it. The parameters may vary depending on your system. Make sure you have a valid access through your local network for the network share you want to add. With devices like NAS’ you can add a specific login and folders for the share you want to add […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[900],"kbe_tags":[947,946,945,943,1050],"class_list":["post-20172","kbe_knowledgebase","type-kbe_knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","kbe_taxonomy-browser-interface","kbe_tags-drive","kbe_tags-mount","kbe_tags-nas","kbe_tags-network","kbe_tags-start"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t