AFP auto mount on ReadyNAS startup (OSX 10.5.5)

Hi,

Check out the forum discussion I haf a few years ago, dealing with exactly this topic:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/14 ... 0&tstart=0

KB

KillerBob wrote:
Hi, Check out the forum discussion I haf a few years ago, dealing with exactly this topic: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/14 ... 0&tstart=0 KB

Reading that thread, it appears your solution was to tell the NV+ to advertise AFB over Bonjour, which is what I've done. That still doesn't allow OS X to see the data in the Get info.

The lack of share info is due to the way you are selecting the share

You appear to have selected your NAS in the Finder sidebar and then the share that appears in the right pane - that will not show the requested info as Finder considers the share unmounted.

Instead you need to select the mounted share itself from the finder sidebar and then do "Get Info". Alternatively double click on the share and when the shares files/folders are shown in the right finder pane, but without selecting any file/folder, do a "Get Info"

Here I reproduce the issue as confirmation:



Back to your original issue - there are reports of problems with Lion mounting AFP shares via the command line (not just for ReadyNAS users and not all users are affected - Google around for confirmation)

That said, the correct command is:

mount -t afp <source> <destination>

For example:

mount -t afp afp://mynas.local/backup /mnt/backup

I confirmed the above does work for me, though note my NAS is still running 4.2.17

sphardy, thank you! I will try this later today.

For the command:

mount -t afp afp://mynas.local/backup /mnt/backup

Does my NAS name need to be designated as:

afp://nas-01-XX-XX/share
or
afp://192.168.1.XXX/share
?

It can be any name recognised by your mac - but the options will depend on different factors and what name services are available on your network

For purely Mac users:

IP address is safest, then "mynas.local" or "mynas (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local" (change 'mynas' to the name of your own NAS)

typo corrected

I use fixed LAN IP for the ReadyNAS, I may try it with IP, first.

EDIT: I need to remember to add the .local!

afp://192.168.1.XXX.local/share

sphardy wrote:
Instead you need to select the mounted share itself from the finder sidebar and then do "Get Info". Alternatively double click on the share and when the shares files/folders are shown in the right finder pane, but without selecting any file/folder, do a "Get Info"

:x I tried all the steps you described, still not getting any info from "Get Info".

sphardy wrote:
mount -t afp afp://mynas.local/backup /mnt/backup I confirmed the above does work for me, though note my NAS is still running 4.2.17

Oh for two!

I tried each way (making sure to include the .local) with both IP, and NAS name, and only get:

mount: realpath /mnt: No such file or directory

This is really frustrating, because I can absolutely manually mount the share, and it shows as (AFP) in Finder.

And I did do a sudo mkdir /Share before I tried these.

Actually, I did get the Get Info to work!

That helped me find the right path to do the mount, but it still doesn't work!

Here's what I'm trying:

mount -t afp afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Share /mnt/Share

and I get:

-bash: syntax error near unexpected token '('

EDIT: I tried something else....Does this mean success?

usage: mount [-dfruvw] [-o options] [-t external_type] special node
       mount [-adfruvw] [-t external_type]
       mount [-dfruvw] special | node

Sorry - typo in one of the hostnames in my last post.

mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Share" /mnt/Share

Presuming /mnt/Share exists

Also can I recommend that you take a little time to try to understand the commands you are entering. Your last posts seem to indicate you are just trying different combinations in the hope you stumble on the right one

sphardy wrote:
Sorry - typo in one of the hostnames in my last post. mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Share" /mnt/Share Presuming /mnt/Share exists Also can I recommend that you take a little time to try to understand the commands you are entering. Your last posts seem to indicate you are just trying different combinations in the hope you stumble on the right one

Well, it's been 20 years since I last took a programing class, and it wasn't Unix! ;-)

Still no success, I'm close to giving up.

mkdir: /Music: File exists
mini2011:~ Mini2011$ mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Music" /mnt/Music
mount: realpath /mnt: No such file or directory