Unable to use windows 11 hdd share from another computer

Posted by Mrdjsilva

So i am having issues of getting my hdd from another computer to show up on SpareBox. I was able to attach it, and files do appear in the terminal but it doesn't show up in SparkBox can anyone help? and yes a windows storage server lol i know i plan to rebuild it when i move just can't be bothered changing anything cause ill be moving soon anyway

3 replies

Chris wrote:

Hey Mrdjsilva — you haven't done anything wrong, and the Windows storage server is totally fine. The reason the terminal sees your files but SparkBox doesn't is that SparkBox's media apps read from a single folder — the Media Root — and your share is mounted somewhere else, so they never look at it. The fix: open the dashboard → Settings → Media Root, set it to the folder where the share is mounted (a path with no spaces), then run sudo sparkbox up so the apps re-point to it. Tell me the exact path you mounted the share at and I'll confirm the value to use.

Mrdjsilva wrote:

i booted up the server, and it fixed itself. It seems all be running now abit odd but aye ill take it haha

Chris wrote:

Great — sometimes a restart is all it takes\!