I have two installations of M8 final on 2 diff pcs . Both have 2 or more ext. USB-HDs, formatted with fat32.
My problem: I want to play music with MOC from these HDs
On PC-1: MOC can access the USB-HDs. If I have made an access with pcmanfm before. then the HD-ID appears also in MOC, par example /media/TREKSTOR
On PC-2 MOC only find one ext. USB-HD, the other one (same Model!) doesn't appear anytime. And total curios: if I boot PC-2 with another distro (sidux, Mint) then MOC see both USB-HDs
So I think the reason depends on the M8-installation...but I don't know where to seek & proof ? __{{emoticon}}__
On both pcs the automount-function in pcman works very well about ALL ext. USB-HDs.
any hints, how to solve the problem?
Greetz Michael
topic title: [solved] access to ext. USB-HD with MOC
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wingevilPosts: 58
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impuwatPosts: 319
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A number of us have had mixed results with pcmanfm & rox regarding usb hard drives & pocket drives. See this thread....
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I use and prefer thunar volman because in my particular installation it has recognized everything I have thrown at it...the others have been hit and miss. I'm not patient enough to deal with hit & miss. Thunar pulls in a lot of stuff (dependencies) but has worked flawlessly for me. This computer has plenty of processor, memory, etc. so the extra stuff is not a consideration.
Hope that helps.
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I use and prefer thunar volman because in my particular installation it has recognized everything I have thrown at it...the others have been hit and miss. I'm not patient enough to deal with hit & miss. Thunar pulls in a lot of stuff (dependencies) but has worked flawlessly for me. This computer has plenty of processor, memory, etc. so the extra stuff is not a consideration.
Hope that helps.
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wingevilPosts: 58
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@imputwat, thanx for your hints __{{emoticon}}__ . But this doesn't resolve the problem, i've installed Thunar but the effect was the same as described before.
But I know now the (simple) reason/solution: because both of the USB-HDs have the same"ID" (the Manufacture-Name 'TREKSTOR') there is an unexpected long time needed to automount the 2nd (!) started HD because the OS has first to 'rename' it (will be changed to TREKSTOR_). The other distros (sidux, Mint) identifies the HDs much faster in this case. But I don't care about this, because in all other aspects of daily work Antix is running really very very fast. __{{emoticon}}__
Greetz Michael
But I know now the (simple) reason/solution: because both of the USB-HDs have the same"ID" (the Manufacture-Name 'TREKSTOR') there is an unexpected long time needed to automount the 2nd (!) started HD because the OS has first to 'rename' it (will be changed to TREKSTOR_). The other distros (sidux, Mint) identifies the HDs much faster in this case. But I don't care about this, because in all other aspects of daily work Antix is running really very very fast. __{{emoticon}}__
Greetz Michael
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wingevilPosts: 58
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addendum: On PC-1 there is no 'waiting-effect', because the 3 connected USB-HDs are different types from different manufactures.
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impuwatPosts: 319
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Interesting. And good problem solving!
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eriefisherPosts: 1,520
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Gparted can"name" your drives but I don't know if it will do if it's already formated or not. Worth a try.