Just a noob mounting question

jonnerino · 4. Dezember 2023

I noticed that OMV mounts my usb drives under /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-xxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxx-xxx

Just wondering, why not let's say the /mnt or /media folders?

I also see my drive referenced under /dev/disk/ (by-id, or by-label etc)

Not a problem, just curious as to why there are multiple ways of referncing the drive, and which one should i be using when giving a path to an application that wants to store data on the drive (ie. to give a path to plex to access my media on an external drive)

Would like to learn more if someone can share a beginner-friendly article.

Thanks!

ryecoaaron · 4. Dezember 2023

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Just wondering, why not let's say the /mnt or /media folders?

It is a preference. /mnt and /media are just a preference as well. Create a symlink from /srv/path-to-dsk to /mnt/whatever if you want it there. The symlinks plugin even tracks them for you.

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I also see my drive referenced under /dev/disk/ (by-id, or by-label etc)

That is the linux device hence why it is in /dev. You can't access files directly from that path. It needs to mounted.

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Not a problem, just curious as to why there are multiple ways of referncing the drive

Read more about Linux. It is very different from Windows.

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which one should i be using when giving a path to an application that wants to store data on the drive

create a shared folder on the filesystem in the Sharedfolders tab. Then you can expose the absolute path column and that is what you give the app.

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Would like to learn more if someone can share a beginner-friendly article.

Start here - https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv6:new_user_guide

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