Music Libraries

[clark at west.net]

make sure that you have installed ntfs-3g

first find out which device has the windows disk partition.

sudo  fdisk -l should say something like:

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xd0a3d0a3

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63   134576504    67288221    7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       134578176   135602175      512000   83  Linux
/dev/sda3       135602176   976766975   420582400   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

second: make your linux mount point.
sudo mkdir /mnt/diskC    (or any other name you want)

third: mount using something like:
  sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/diskC/ -o rw
your window disk partition is /dev/sda1
your mount point is /mnt/diskC
-t says to use ntfs partition type
-o says to enable read/write. I don't know if Rhythmbox needs to write 
to the partition, so I would mount it read only using -o ro
fourth: point Rythmbox at the mount point /mnt/diskC/<directory of choice>
done.




On 03/11/2014 07:32 AM, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
> How did you make the mount point? And where do I find other
> partitions, and does this work with Rhythmbox?
>
> On 3/11/14, Mark Haney <mhaney at practichem.com> wrote:
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>> On 03/11/14 08:43, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
>>> Hi guys. I have a question about making a link to my music library,
>>> who resides on my Windows partition. My goal is to have a music
>>> library reside on my partition and not have to copy it over to my
>>> Fedora partition, who is a little scrapped for space. Suggestions
>>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Eh.  I do something similar on my netbook. I have my Win7 partition
>> for if I really MUST use Windows for something and throw all my music
>> in it and just mount that partition from Fedora.  I don't use fstab to
>> automount, but it's nothing more complicated than setting up a static
>> mount point (mine is /media/music) and mounting the windows partition
>> to it.  Amarok works fine using that mount point, but YMMV with other
>> music players.
>>
>> Be glad to help you with it if need be.
>>
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