Extremely noob question - need to access my disk

  • Hi forum!


    My apologies if this is an extremely noob question, but I mounted my NTFS hdd to an old pc to use with OMV as I got a mac and cant access this HDD anymore without formatting it, which I can't because a lot of files I need and use regularly are there, thus the reason to mount it to access it with OMV.


    Is it possible to access the disk itself now that installation is completed and the file system is mounted?


    So far I was able to create a shared folder but I can't access the disk itself.


    Thanks!

    • Official Post

    but I mounted my NTFS hdd

    You should not use NTFS to create shares in OMV. You must use native linux file systems. There are several threads with information about this, some recent, you can search the forum.

    • Official Post

    Your data is on the NTFS drive but, as it seems, you don't know how to access it with your server.

    The following document will tell you how to install utilities that you need and how to access your data on the server, from an SSH console connection. First you have to mount the drive. (I'll assume that you've done that.)

    -> Utilities for OMV.
    You need to install something like WinSCP (a graphical file manager, you install on a windows client that can view files on your OMV server).
    With WinSCP, if the drive is mounted, you should be able to see the data on your NTFS drive. It will be under /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-xxxxxxxx

    Installing PuTTY will allow you to get on the command line of your server, from a Windows Client, to install the following.
    Midnight Commander (MC)

    With another drive, formatted with a Linux native file system (like EXT4) you could use Midnight Commander to copy files from your NTFS drive to a shared folder on the Linux drive. This method copies data fast but it can be a bit more complicated for a beginner.
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    If you have no idea what I'm talking about, take a look at this doc -> New User Guide - Getting Started with OMV. This document covers how to set up a data drive, create network shares, etc. With a network share that, your Windows client can access, you'll a second option to get data on your server; copying your data from the Windows Client, over the network, to the Linux server share. It's slower but it's easier to understand and implement.

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