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I finally got around to actually doing something about the problem that I started this thread for: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=47373 I didn't feel like talking to the Netgear ReadyNAS help desk (my p...
For any Linux users that this may assist I'll mention that the times I will need to access the Duo from the OS/X side of my dual boot iMac were reduced further during my recent experiences (previous post) of using the OS/X system to access the two USB drives.
It is probably worth noting that different distros have their own ways of installing packages; some require more manual intervention than others. So it depends on the Linux distro being used as to how much user input is required to get a package functioning properly.
The first USB drive was formatted with the NTFS, by the time I had finished with it I had got around to setting up the Linux side to read/write to NTFS partitions. I ended up using ntfs-config, as if it works for you, it is the easiest solution. I added the /media/xdisk directory but ntfs-config edited /etc/fstab for me, adding the following (single) line (it probably would have created a /media/<directory name> all by itself too!):
The second USB drive was formatted with HFS+. I created the /media/Movies directory, & made the HFS+ format, read/write, by adding the following line to the /etc/fstab. Note: the "rw,force" section, as this is what is required to make HFS+ writeable:
Then I had to edit /etc/rc.conf , adding "hfsplus" to the MODULES=() line, though this would only be done in Arch Linux (as its a bit different).
From what I have read on the Arch Linux forum, people are not having problems with HFS+ when they "force" it to be rw (though read only is the Linux standard for HFS+ at the time of writing).
Apparently the potential worst case scenario re. making HFS+ writeable at this stage is if your hardware is shutdown by a mains blackout or similar, whilst you are copying data across to an HFS+ partition. Under such circumstances data corruption is possible.
So I'll be careful in stormy weather. :)
It is probably worth noting that different distros have their own ways of installing packages; some require more manual intervention than others. So it depends on the Linux distro being used as to how much user input is required to get a package functioning properly.
The first USB drive was formatted with the NTFS, by the time I had finished with it I had got around to setting up the Linux side to read/write to NTFS partitions. I ended up using ntfs-config, as if it works for you, it is the easiest solution. I added the /media/xdisk directory but ntfs-config edited /etc/fstab for me, adding the following (single) line (it probably would have created a /media/<directory name> all by itself too!):
/dev/sdb1 /media/xdisk ntfs-3g defaults,rw,noauto,user,locale=en_AU.utf8 0 0
The second USB drive was formatted with HFS+. I created the /media/Movies directory, & made the HFS+ format, read/write, by adding the following line to the /etc/fstab. Note: the "rw,force" section, as this is what is required to make HFS+ writeable:
/dev/sdb2 /media/Movies hfsplus rw,force 0 0
Then I had to edit /etc/rc.conf , adding "hfsplus" to the MODULES=() line, though this would only be done in Arch Linux (as its a bit different).
From what I have read on the Arch Linux forum, people are not having problems with HFS+ when they "force" it to be rw (though read only is the Linux standard for HFS+ at the time of writing).
Apparently the potential worst case scenario re. making HFS+ writeable at this stage is if your hardware is shutdown by a mains blackout or similar, whilst you are copying data across to an HFS+ partition. Under such circumstances data corruption is possible.
So I'll be careful in stormy weather. :)
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