Sharing Linux drives on media PCs Optimize your Linux setup for seamless media access across devices.
Sharing Linux drives on media PCs Optimize your Linux setup for seamless media access across devices.
Ubuntu or Mint work well as they are easy for beginners. For connecting Linux and Windows, create a Samba share to exchange files. Detailed setup steps are available online. To access the shared folder from Windows, open Explorer, go to My Computer, and select "Map network drive." Clicking "Browse..." lets you view the server and assign drive letters. Installing Plex involves downloading its Linux installer and running it. After that, configure it as usual. To enable Plex with Samba shares, mount your drives under Plex ownership instead of your own. If needed, use commands like "sudo blkid" to identify the drive and edit fstab accordingly, ensuring you save a backup before making changes.
You're facing issues because your storage drives are NTFS, but your system only supports Linux mounts for NTFS. This is likely causing the mounting errors you're seeing. Since you're planning to use Mint and need to share files from a PC, consider installing an NTFS-to-Linux driver or using a different file manager that supports NTFS shares. Your goal is to access media files from your main PC to the Media PC.
You're encountering an issue with the Linux kernel not supporting NTFS. The exact error message would help identify the problem more accurately. Consider installing ntfs-3g to enable NTFS file system access.
Several issues were encountered... Mounting failed repeatedly, GUI installation caused problems, and the app remains unstable. Still, Mint is operational. By the way, do you want to discuss this via any messaging platform?
Did you ensure Windows was fully powered off before disconnecting the drive? This isn’t a hibernation, and it might also relate to Windows’ Fast Startup feature. A tool named ntfsfix can resolve this issue—it helped me.* If it’s caused by Fast Startup, disabling it and restarting again is a more secure option. *Remember, these steps are at your own risk.*
I finished shutting down Windows properly and disconnected the drive using a spare SSD to experiment with Linux without affecting Windows. I plan to try ntfsfix now. Would you like to talk somewhere? Edit: ntfsfix reported corruption, chkdsk said the command wasn't found... I’m getting frustrated now xS
Consider trying ntfsfix next. It should work smoothly afterward, just a little tweaking needed with Samba. Alright, I’m using my PC alongside other tasks while I’m on it.
ntfsfix caused some problems. I searched online for an hour but didn’t find a solution. It seems my drives are larger than 1TB—there are 2TB, 4TB, and even 6TB+ models. If I can’t fix this Linux stuff, maybe I should switch back to Windows since there are no issues there. The virus problem is still coming back, but the chkdsk command isn’t available... I’m getting really frustrated now. I knew I hated Linux for a reason, ugh...