Chris wrote:
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Chris wrote:
It may be possible, but the safe setup depends on the host. Please reply with whether SparkBox runs on a NAS, Linux, Windows with WSL Docker Engine, or Docker Desktop, plus your SparkBox version. Don’t reformat the drive or manually edit a media container’s mounts; I’ll give the next safe step for your setup.
Chris wrote:
Yes. Don’t change Media Root yet: first connect and mount the external drive through your Linux system’s normal disk tool, then create an empty folder for the new library on that drive. Reply once that is done—without posting its path—and I’ll give the safe SparkBox step. Changing Media Root points every media app at the new drive; it does not move your existing files automatically.
Chris wrote:
Perfect — that is exactly the right order. One thing to know first: SparkBox uses a single media folder (the Media Root), and everything — your movies, TV, music and downloads — lives inside it. You can have as many Jellyfin libraries as you like (Movies, TV, Anime, whatever), but they are all just folders under that one root. A second library folder on a separate drive is not a path SparkBox supports: files saved there would show "Importing complete" and never appear in your library. So the supported way to put the new drive to work is to make it your single, bigger Media Root, then move your library across. The steps, in order: 1. Point SparkBox at the new folder. In the dashboard open Settings, expand Advanced — show raw configuration, find Media Root, set it to the empty folder you created on the external drive, then click Save Changes. 2. Let it restart. SparkBox re-creates all the media apps onto the new drive — that takes a couple of minutes. Leave it alone while it does. 3. Move your files. Saving does not copy anything, so your library will look empty until you move it. Copy your Movies / TV / Music folders from the old media folder into the new one — a command-line copy like rsync -av --info=progress2 from the old Movies folder to the new one does it, and your desktop file manager copy-paste works too. When Jellyfin shows the items again, delete the old copies to free the space. Do steps 1–2 and reply once the media apps are back up — I will stay with you on the file move.