cinder vigil
i got a new drive for my plex media, and moved everything to it took all night to do, and now couple days later i found something went wrong, there was 3 seasons of a show it f***ed up and i cannot delete them, i have successfully moved them to a dummy directory and tried to sudo rm -r directoryname/ but then it just comes up with this in the picture, how can i remove them?!
autumn cove
doesn't Plex have a GUI?
cinder vigil
doesn't Plex have a GUI?
yes but have turned off deleting via plex besides i should still be able to remove them from terminal, but they are corrupted
have even taken the external drive and put it on my windows pc and still it wont let me delete them
autumn cove
Think you need " and " around paths with spaces in names
cinder vigil
im removing the whole directory and its content reason why the -r exists
autumn cove
still need quotes
cinder vigil
not if the directory does not have spaces, then rm -r directoryname/ would remove it all, and confirms what i mean cause on windows i cant remove them either
autumn cove
type the command here exactly as you entered it
and from the folder prompt u were in
cinder vigil
well i dont know if im allowed to swear in the chat as i called the folder something else seen in the screenshot
autumn cove
ddd
cinder vigil
but this is what i wrote and then it came up with the output of the first screenshot
autumn cove
need a leading forward slash
as in /fuck
provided that the "fuck" directory is directly under ur working directory
type pwd to see ur current working directory
then type ls
cinder vigil
okay let me connect the drive back up to the linux machine and let me try
@autumn cove okay so what would the full command be?
nah, im in the right directory and neither worked
autumn cove
nah, im in the right directory and neither worked
do a ls -l
see what's there
and note the permissions
cinder vigil
thats what im saying they are like filly corrupt, and no all 3 are files, they were once directories, but not anymore...
now they are that
autumn cove
oh if they're just files, then the perms start with "-"
see #1050504228029874206 message
cinder vigil
even so, that does not change that i cannot delete them...
autumn cove
please do an lsblk from current prompt
cinder vigil
can i get that in like cardboard style, i am very noob to linux
cinder vigil
i am in the folder where the 3 files are located yes
autumn cove
3 disks
woeful wagon
2 partitions each
autumn cove
sda, sdb and sdc
cinder vigil
yes first one is boot, second is currently empty and 3rd is the one i use
autumn cove
so next, u will do a filesystem health check
cinder vigil
i just got the drive, shouldnt be anything wrong with it
autumn cove
typecd /
cinder vigil
root, yea
cinder vigil
first command dont work
autumn cove
hm. do u have a desktop environment?
autumn cove
close ANY application that may be holding sdc2 busy
fully close that application.
including any other terminals
cinder vigil
no like it says command not found
autumn cove
np maybe im out to lunch, but i dont think so
in the Mint start menu, type disks and launch it
you should see that very large drive there.. click it, then click partition sdc2, then click the black square stop button under it.
cinder vigil
noting is running and cant unmount with that program either
autumn cove
that will unmount it
cinder vigil
autumn cove
ok is Plex somehow set to autostart when u run up ur Mint pc?
cinder vigil
yes but i did sudo systemctl stop plex...
autumn cove
open "system monitor" from teh start menu, and click its Processes tab, and confirm that process isnt running
tick the "Show processes from all users" thing, idk if it is a menu option or whatever.
cinder vigil
yes plex is not in there
autumn cove
if anything plex is shown, right click and choose "kill"
ok in the disks application, click sdc2 partition in the diagram, then the gear button under.. do a "check filesystem"
autumn cove
ah
open Settings, then Startup Applications item.. untick the Plex driver/app
then reboot.
cinder vigil
plex is not in there
autumn cove
it shouldn't be a darn thing to simply check the condition of the file system on sdc2, either via Disks app, or via fsck
k do a reboot, and retry
do a filesystem check via the Disks application
if all is clear, then u can just as easily run sudo nemo from terminal. That will open up a root-mode file manager, then navigate to the volume which is sdc2, and delete the files one ata time.
cinder vigil
nope same issue cant unmount
cinder vigil
i cant move them out of the drive just to different places on the same drive
autumn cove
that's fine. can u delete, from method I just said?
autumn cove
the cinnamon file manager
autumn cove
if all is clear, then u can just as easily run `sudo nemo` from terminal. That w...
explained it here
cinder vigil
oh and no, also gives me an error, that was the first thing i tried before going to the terminal
just gives me this on all 3
autumn cove
well, let's just say that the drive's filesystem is a bit buggered, it should be serviceable from using a live boot, because Idk what's locking it and making it unmountable.. do u have Windows co-installed anywhere on the machine?
cinder vigil
nope its a standalone i use it as a 24/7 server
but i tried taking the drive to a windwos machine and i still could not remove them
autumn cove
Windows typically won't even see an ext4 filesystem
cinder vigil
its not
autumn cove
which is what sdc2 contains
autumn cove
well u can do a filesystem check and scan using Windows. however, I would strongly encourage you to format the partition sdc2 to EXT4 if to be used on Linux
if u dont want to move the physical drive to a Windows computer, u may use Hirens Boot CD PE on a thumb drive. it will offer the similar tools
cinder vigil
i just really dont wanna have to move it all to the other drive again plus some of my windows drives then format and move it all back again and risk more corruptions... there is over 5tb on it
autumn cove
yeah but what's on sdc2 now? just 3 files?
cinder vigil
no all 5tb the 3 files are just on a folder by themselves
autumn cove
oh ok. well do a chkdsk on Windows on it
cinder vigil
no if it was only the 3 files i would have reformatted in a heartbeat
autumn cove
fsck would have been useless on a non-FAT or non-EXT drive.
cinder vigil
so i move the drive to windows again and then check the drive?
autumn cove
do NOT do a surface scan, unless u want to wait several days. quick check with repair is chkdsk h: /f in Administrator command prompt. (use the drive letter it really is instead of h:)
cinder vigil
autumn cove
i said f not d
cinder vigil
but the drive letter is d
autumn cove
then it's chkdsk d: /f
autumn cove
yep
cinder vigil
oh! it deleted them on its own!
autumn cove
crosslinks n crap may have occured.. or bad filetable entries
cinder vigil
oh thank you so much, you dont know how many hours you just saved me
now i just need to go get mt 3 seasons again, but thats a whole lot better than the alternative
autumn cove
if u download a lot of movies or whatever via linux and send it to that drive, consider subdividing the space (create an sdc3) as an ext4 partition. that way linux dont have to write to foreign filesystem
cinder vigil
yea i do it more manual, i have radarr and sonarr on my windows system together with qbit on windows and then i just use a network share to send them over
thats easier for me, that way i dont have to mess with the server almost at all
autumn cove
another simple way to do it is, a) make the ext4 partition b) install winpinator on Windows c) use warpinator on Linux Mint ( I believe it has a daemon that runs on startup anyway) d) use Winpinator on Windows to send big files DIRECTLY over the network to Warpinator location (sdc3)
cinder vigil
i bought a NAS a few months back, but i have kinda given up on it as i didnt understand how to set it up, so that was 850 bucks for nothing....
linux is just not my thing, i only did it as windows i used before for the server kept restarting for "updates" and most of these things are on linux like docker and stuff, cause docker for windows sucked
so i really dont wanna have to think about linux other than once in a while going in an updating it
autumn cove
another simple way to do it is, a) make the ext4 partition b) install winpinato...
just saying this method is super easy to transfer files over a local network, and the benefit of using the ext4 partition means no fs errors.
and it's all point and click
cinder vigil
yea, i will see about doing that probably another day when i have a bit more energy, this took a lot out of me, but yes warpinator does sound like a good idea, but again i cant thank you enough i think without it i would probably have had to move all the files to tother places and reformat then move back and risk more corruptions... so you saved me so much
autumn cove
yea, i will see about doing that probably another day when i have a bit more ene...
you're welcome. mark this one solved
cinder vigil
yes it mounts but not the place i want it, i want it to mount in the /mnt but when i go in and specify it just ignores it
it has also changed from sdc to sdd
autumn cove
why not give sdc2 a nice label, and just have it mount to /media/$user?
cinder vigil
cause then it wont allow me to share it...
autumn cove
it has also changed from sdc to sdd
happens when other drives are present.. much like Windows can assign E: to something that used to be D: when something else is there.
cinder vigil
ill try
autumn cove
u can also see in either /media/$user/ or /mnt if there's a dead placeholder folder
autumn cove
reboot. just have the drive connected from the start
cinder vigil
okay atleast its sdc2 now again
autumn cove
😎
cinder vigil
the 200mb one it creates itself
cinder vigil
did u just make one?
no, its there by default
autumn cove
oh idk enough about Plex unfortunately to know its dark magic
cinder vigil
its not plex, it just the disk partition
autumn cove
show the screenshot of Disks app,
cinder vigil
see its that small one it mounts to there
can i just remove that partition or is it there for a reason?
autumn cove
was this drive at one time used as an operating system drive?
cinder vigil
no its brand new
autumn cove
your boot drive for the Mint system is the 256 GB Disk then?
cinder vigil
yes
autumn cove
click that drive and show.
autumn cove
i wonder what on earth made an EFI partition on ur sdc
maybe u did when u installed Linux?
cuz data drives shouldnt have that
that's for booting the system..
cinder vigil
so i can remove it?
autumn cove
check what fstab says about it first
open nemo in ur system drive
click "file system" on the left side to view the root of it
then go in the etc folder
then type fst to get to the fstab file
then double click it, maximize the window and show
autumn cove
did u use the Disks app to have it mount that big drive automatically on startup?
cuz the last few lines tell me that's likely the case
cinder vigil
yes, but once i removed it and put it on windows and next time i put it back in it reset
autumn cove
let's do it better
cuz this looks hairy af
first, copy the fstab file out of ur etc folder, and paste it in ur home folder, then rename it there fstab.bak
cinder vigil
done
autumn cove
did u add that line starting with LABEL?
cinder vigil
huh
autumn cove
4th last line
autumn cove
it must have been Disks app. in one case it added by Label, in another case it added by... well, u see
and then it duplicated it too
first thing is, unmount that big drive.. leave it detached. then reboot the system, and see if Mint reboots flawlessly
cinder vigil
i mean it should but lets see
autumn cove
(besides it taking longer at startup time cuz the fstab process wont easily find it.. give it time to give up)
it should give up in 1 minute, then continue booting
autumn cove
oh lovely. the big drive was totally disconnected right?
cinder vigil
yes usb not connected
autumn cove
great. plug it in. then open Disks app and show it without touching other things just click the device on left
cinder vigil
and mounted the other one to some media/deamon...
autumn cove
i wonder why that EFI partition shows a star. Cuz things that are either a) mounted by fstab file at startup time, or b) are seriously system-related are to show that star
unless it's a plex thing that somehow did that
but personally, i would unmount and delete that partition
cinder vigil
yea the small partition on the 5tb drive dont even have a play button so it cant even be mounted
autumn cove
well it shows it's already mounted.. ie: presence of the play symbol in it, PLUS shows a mountpoint in text
cinder vigil
so delete the small partition?
autumn cove
oh i see the big partition also has a star.. ya it must be plex hooking it
idk how plex works enough .. does plex need to boot like an operating system, or is just an application that runs on Mint?
cinder vigil
so to delete the partition i have the small one highlighted and then the big red minus button right?
cinder vigil
idk how plex works enough .. does plex need to boot like an operating system, or...
just an application
ive had this plex running for months now only added this drive a week ago
so it shouldnt be connected to plex in that way even if it did need an OS
autumn cove
kill the plex process (any of them) in Process tab of System Monitor first
then unmount both sdc1 and sdc2.. then delete sdc1.
cinder vigil
yes
autumn cove
also, is there a FAT partition in that other big hard drive??
autumn cove
mounting what ?
autumn cove
but u killed the plex process right? and u clicked the view thing to show ALL PROCESSES FROM ALL USERS?
cinder vigil
yes
autumn cove
u didnt delete the 1st partition right?
cinder vigil
it can mount if i "use system defaults" but then it wont be in /mnt/
autumn cove
highlight sdc2's UUID, and ctrl-c to copy
then open file manager
navigate to root of the filesystem (/) on ur system drive
then right click the etc folder, and do "open as root"
then find the fstab file as before. ( i hope u made that copy of it earlier)
then double click the file, and it should open in root editor
cinder vigil
yes
autumn cove
go back in Disks app. uncheck anything having to do with that automounting of sdc2.
i think just leave teh top toggle on saying 'use system settings'
cinder vigil
mount at startup is off
cinder vigil
but if i leave it at system default it wont mount at /mnt/
autumn cove
delete the last two lines entirely
autumn cove
put a # sign at the start of the empty line after the /swap line
cinder vigil
like that?
autumn cove
then put another # (comment symbol) on a line beneath it.. and then type Changes I made for manual mounting of plex drive(s) 17-Jul-2024
no, dont comment out the swap line.. i said below it,
cinder vigil
ah i see
autumn cove
then on a new line below the comment type UUID=
and then immediately ctrl-v to paste what u had in clipboard
cinder vigil
yea
autumn cove
show
cinder vigil
autumn cove
then press tab once, type in /mnt/drivelabel
use the exact spelled drive label that sdc2 shows in Disks app
case-sensitive
cinder vigil
yep
autumn cove
the press tab again and type auto
then tab again and type defaults
then tab again and 0
then tab again and 0 again
cinder vigil
im still jsut worried that deleting the two LABEL lines will mess with the other drive i have as it mentioned something with that aswell
autumn cove
then show
autumn cove
im still jsut worried that deleting the two LABEL lines will mess with the other...
gonna remake that one too
autumn cove
put one more tab key between teh mountpoint and the "auto"
cinder vigil
done
autumn cove
now go back to Disks app, pick ur other hard drive and it's old Plex partition
cinder vigil
and then i assume do the same for the other drives UUID
autumn cove
copy its UUID
yes, on a new line, and specify mount point in same manner, but with its actual label (case sensitive)
and put one more # sign on a fresh line UNDER the swap line so it's easier to read.
cinder vigil
when you say "actual label" do you mean the drives name or what i want the folder to be called?
autumn cove
label
or whatever u manually create a folder to be
but u must create the folder before closing this text file.
autumn cove
sure
just make sure that folder exists in its exact spelling in the /mnt/folder before rebooting.
cinder vigil
also both folders are there so should be fine
autumn cove
k
cinder vigil
so should look like this?
cinder vigil
yup
autumn cove
and make sure in the Disks app, even for the other old plex drive, that NO automounting is dictated
so ur manually edit entries are the only thing taking effect for the 2 HDD's
double check fstab file before rebooting, and after closing Disks app
cinder vigil
it was set to mount at startup aswell, so turned that off and then fstab changed to this?
do i just edit it back to how it was
cinder vigil
it aslo changed the bottom one with noauto
autumn cove
take that out
cinder vigil
and it does have the # my screenshot was just slightly cut off
autumn cove
if any issues, then remove "default" and replace with noauto, but I think you'll be ok
show new SS
cinder vigil
okay i have double checked no auto start up is on and fstab looks like it should
autumn cove
try a rebbot
cinder vigil
we do have the backup if it totally fails
autumn cove
just remember booting will take way longer if the USB drives are disconnected at the time the PC starts
cinder vigil
usually dont take that long
autumn cove
so leave them plugged and powered on when rebooting
cinder vigil
already booted
autumn cove
u should see the two drives loaded now in the file manager's /mnt folder, u can also make bookmarks of them
and if u add another ext4 partition to the 2nd HDD, u just shrink the NTFS volume (get the gparted program) (ensure it doesn't change the UUID on the shrunken thing, if it does, u'll need to re-edit the fstab) and then u can add sdc3 by UUID to fstab
cinder vigil
okay they dont show at the side anymore in filemanager but they are mounted in the right places, is there a way to get rid of the recyclebin and system information? are they safe to be deleted
autumn cove
no leave them. those are proper for Windows, in case u have to move 'em around, or do chkdsk later
cinder vigil
-_- does not look as clean, but oh well
cinder vigil
seems to have loaded everything
and yea it plays my files so it is detected correctly
autumn cove
cool. i guess this is finished then
cinder vigil
just need to readd the 3 lost seasons of doctor who but otherwise seems to be fine
autumn cove
right click in one, see if u can add a blank file
cinder vigil
you are a saint, plus now i came away with a new skill, manual mounting
autumn cove
ntfs doesnt support linux perms anyway, so that's taht
u can bookmark this ticket in web discord in browser to refer back to
cinder vigil
i can add a blank file both on linux gui and on the windows share
autumn cove
yeah it's fine.. in case ntfs goes wonky after much use, do the chkdsk scan on Windows once a month or so
cinder vigil
yea, how did you say i could bookmark the drives to the side of the filemanager again?
autumn cove
also check out the Youtube video " ExplainingComputers - Warpinator"
cinder vigil
also check out the Youtube video " ExplainingComputers - Warpinator"
i will deffinitely
autumn cove
yea, how did you say i could bookmark the drives to the side of the filemanager ...
go in a folder, go to the menu bar 'bookmarks' item
cinder vigil
oh just to favourites?
cinder vigil
dont think i have a bookmark
autumn cove
or u drag the folder to a parkiing spot on the side under Pictures, Videos, etc
cinder vigil
ah dragging worked!
cinder vigil
good, and then warpinator another day, now i need sleep, thank you, i will mark it as solved!
autumn cove
kk goodnight sir
cinder vigil
you too, when you eventually get to it
cinder vigil
@autumn cove wtf just happend here.... will this continue happening?
did i get a bad drive? ive never had these issues with the other drive even tho its setup in the exact same way
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3880]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\benja>chkdsk d: /f
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is NewPlexLib.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
3584 file records processed.
File verification completed.
Phase duration (File record verification): 2.95 seconds.
48 large file records processed.
Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 0.91 milliseconds.
0 bad file records processed.
Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.53 milliseconds.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 41.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the bitmap for index $I30 for file 41.
Sorting index $I30 in file 41.
4260 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Phase duration (Index verification): 2.80 seconds.
CHKDSK is scanning unindexed files for reconnect to their original directory.
Recovering orphaned file 3 Body Problem (2024) (1A5) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Adventure Time (1AF) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Altered Carbon (2E6) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Black Mirror (2F2) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Courage The Cowardly Dog (313) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Dexter - New Blood (3B7) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Doctor Who (1963) (3C3) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Doctor Who (2023) (756) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Game of Thrones (764) into directory file 41.
Recovering orphaned file Grey's Anatomy (7B6) into directory file 41.
Skipping further messages about recovering orphans.
28 unindexed files scanned.
28 unindexed files recovered to original directory.
Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 174.05 milliseconds.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 3.91 milliseconds.
0 reparse records processed.
0 reparse records processed.
Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 1.04 milliseconds.
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 32.50 milliseconds.
338 data files processed.
Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 0.77 milliseconds.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.
7630683 MB total disk space.
4501243 MB in 3307 files.
1296 KB in 340 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
308055 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
3129138 MB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
1953455103 total allocation units on disk.
801059489 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 5.98 seconds (5989 ms).
i... i... i dont know if i trust this drive anymore
autumn cove
Dude I told you, though I didn't expect this early more corruption.. split the drive in half using gparted on linux, and make the tail half EXT4
u can even install an ext4 driver for Windows to be able to read it remotely
cinder vigil
idk how to do any of that tho
im just so confused ive had the other drive in NTFS for like 3 years now connected to this machine running linux without a single issue, not 1 file ever corrupted on me, why is it specifically this drive?
autumn cove
maybe was old errors (the orphaned data)
cinder vigil
hopefully, but i would like to try your idea, got gparted, but i cant resize it cause i assume i need to unmount it for that, which i cant do
do i go in fstab and comment this one so it does not mount on startup and then i do it?
cinder vigil
have done
autumn cove
top right, pick exact disk
cinder vigil
yup sdc2
autumn cove
then if there's a key or keyhole symbol on the pt'n, right click > unmount
cinder vigil
and will i be able to read them just like this? and make changes? with the driver?
autumn cove
then r-click resize, shrink to half or whatever free space
autumn cove
and will i be able to read them just like this? and make changes? with the drive...
i heard there are ext4 drivers
autumn cove
then r-click resize, shrink to half or whatever free space
eg. if there's 1 TB of free space left , shrink it by 990 GB
cinder vigil
yea cant unmount
autumn cove
yea cant unmount
why's that?
autumn cove
either comment out on fstab and reboot
or just reboot, but ensure plex doesnt autostsrt
cinder vigil
i wanna make sure there is drivers before i do it
autumn cove
aight
cinder vigil
there dont seem to be without 3rd party software...
autumn cove
that's what I meant
cinder vigil
thats not exactly a driver
autumn cove
or see if Windows handles Btrfs
cinder vigil
i would want it natively as windows like i do now with NTFS
no windows dont do that either
according to google
autumn cove
could've sworn it suppoets it now
cinder vigil
i guess ill just have to roll the dice and see if it happens again, cause this time was different all the files werent lost they just got unindexed, i have put the external drive into another usb port plus another power plug, so if it happens again then i dont know
autumn cove
could also look into exFAT that works on both, though non-journalling. see if Linux supports good exFAT checking
cinder vigil
what does journalling mean?
and i will look into it if it happens again, gonna keep a sharp eye on it the next couple weeks...
autumn cove
i guess ill just have to roll the dice and see if it happens again, cause this t...
also maybe turn off file indexing in Windows
autumn cove
what does journalling mean?
keeps some map of sector moves/deletes
cinder vigil
keeps some map of sector moves/deletes
meaning no recovering of lost data?
autumn cove
and dont windows need it?
it is bullshit, and makes a huge database and everyone STILL says Windows file search is crap
autumn cove
meaning no recovering of lost data?
better recovery on a journalled file system like ext3, ext4, btrfs
cinder vigil
so turn this off?
autumn cove
so turn this off?
yes
cinder vigil
should i do that for everything on my windows pc or only the plex ones?
cinder vigil
right okay imma cross my fingers, i dont know if i dare mess with the others so ill just keep them for now, also random question, its okay if you dont know
autumn cove
ask
cinder vigil
but on my bulk storage drive on my main pc windows creates this program files folder every single time i can delete it, but it keep reappearing every time i reboot, can i get rid of it fully?
it has nothing in it like there is that folder and a folder below it thats empty, it never gets used tho it creates it anyway
autumn cove
probably a thing the games need
cinder vigil
ive tried downloading games from windows store, and they still dont get used
autumn cove
they may load a tmp file there perhaps
cinder vigil
and ive gone into windwos settings and said everything windows related downloads should go to C drive
cinder vigil
its not filling up the drive which is good so its not harming me, just bugs me why it keep creating it
cinder vigil
u can make it hidden
ive hidden files turned on cause i need it for other stuff so i would still see it and know it was there
autumn cove
oh
cinder vigil
i mean its fine if its not filling up my drive then it can stay, just find it weird
cinder vigil
yea thought so, i havent found one either, it was worse once it kept creating a windowsapps folder aswell, which it filled with windows store games and useless stuff, but after much weirdness with permissions and stuff i manged to remove it for good and force it to stay on C
cinder vigil
maybe Plex temp?
nah this drive is only connected to my windows, have nothing to do with my plex server or drive
that was why i said it was unrelated
autumn cove
shrugs
cinder vigil
oh well
hopefully the indexing was the issue, im gonna keep an eye on it but that check disk command sure came in handy i was about to throw in the towel, thought it had fully deleted my shows, but only thing that kept me trying was that it still reported the same gb used on the drive
cinder vigil
oh it does, on both ends, unfortunately its a proprietary plug on the other end... so cant try another cable easily but they atleast fit securely
autumn cove
das good
cinder vigil
yea im starting to think i should revisit the NAS i bought even tho i have no clue how to set it up... and NAS drives will be expensive, but it might be worth it purely for ease of mind
autumn cove
a nas is just a little computer with a LAN port and big hard drive.
just follow its manual for the basics on how to administer it .
cinder vigil
yes i know, but then atleast i know its drives that support being on for 24/7 and also that its intended for what im using it for
cinder vigil
just follow its manual for the basics on how to administer it .
i figured out how to get into the GUI of it easily enough its more the programs, networking and that kind of setup im unsure about
autumn cove
should be same Workgroup name as ur main Windows PC workgroup
and likely DHCP so router auto-assigns address
cinder vigil
not that network i know the IP, i even made it myself, router stuff is one thing i taught myself, its like the different programs needs ports, but using docker makes that a bit of an issue to make the different programs sing together and be able to see eachother
autumn cove
idk anything about docker but just use Windows Explorer to "map network drive"
cinder vigil
cause some of the apps the NAS supports directly, like plex, but some of the apps i also use in tandem with it, like the Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr and Overseerr has to be in a docker environment
autumn cove
map it to a drive letter, set that letter's root up as a public LAN share, and work ur way up
cinder vigil
idk anything about docker but just use Windows Explorer to "map network drive"
that is if i purely use it as storage, but i bought one that is powerfull enough to also run a plex instance for streaming both inside the home but also world wide whereever i am, it started initially that i wanted to watch shows in my bed, then evolved into this mess, i love all this server management, when it works that is xD
autumn cove
im sure u can learn day by dayy a bit at time with youtube tutorials, plus the manual table of contents
cinder vigil
yea i could probably just use it as storage and plug it into my current little linux machine i have now and that was my backup if i could not get it up and running how i intended
but for now i cross my fingers and prey to whatever upper being exists out there
autumn cove
aight have fun