Cannot mount PC drive using gp image

[Tal1481]

Hi guys,

I've mounted many a dm500 - was very easy.

Just upgraded to a dm800 and want to mount a shared folder (shared with everyone) called dreambox to my dm800 (this folder mounts fine on a dm500) off 1 of my pc's.

I have a windows platform so I am using CIFS, I've tried everything I can think of but all I get when I press record is an error saying "hdd less than 100mb". I check the mounts and it tells me the mount is active on the right hand side (indicated by a big green tick) but on the left it tells me the drive isn't mounted (indicated by a red cross). I've searched for the last 2 hours but all I come up against is a nabilo guide - but I have a gp 4.4 image as my box is a clone.

Any help greatly appreciated.

[opsmonkey]

Have you tried to mount the hdd via DCC..?

[Tal1481]

Dcc? Not sure what u mean bud

[Tal1481]

Ohh, Dreambox control centre - will try that now mate - thanks

[Tal1481]

I'm not sure how to mount a drive using dcc - only the nfs option is available?

[opsmonkey]

sorry bud.. are you trying to mount a HDD in your box or a network drive..??

[opsmonkey]

Have a read of this..

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f34/how-do-i-play-files-pc-my-dm800-8974/

[Tal1481]

A network drive mate - it's located in 1 of my pcs on my home network.

[Tal1481]

I just want to record from dm800 to my pc bud

[Tal1481]

Also - I don't have the options over the web interface that the user guide u pointed me 2 has.

[opsmonkey]

Try this..

Automount CIFS on DM800:

Blue-Panel
Extras/Settings
Automount Editor

Add (green buton)

Mountpoint: Directory
Type: cifs
Options: rw,soft,udp,nolock
Username: user (example: db)
Password: pass (example: dreambox)
Bufer Size: rsize=8192,wsize=8192
server: ip of your pc (example: 192.168.1.123)
Share: folder that you want to share on PC (example: /FUN)

In this way you will automount folder "Fun" from your PC (192.168.1.123/fun)

To access this folder on DM800, go to:

menu
Media Player
Directory (automount) in "filelist"


You must use active user and pass on device that you connect to !

[Tal1481]

Ok, I can now browse that directory in media player but it still will not let me record what I'm watching on my dm800 to my hard drive by pressing the red button.

Any ideas?

[opsmonkey]

reboot the box

[Tal1481]

Still no joy.

There seems to be setting in a few places - I've tried using automountmanager supplied with the image but all I get is "hdd < 100mb" when I press the red button.

Thanks for all your help thus far bud - it's really appreciated.

As well as the mount manager there is also a setting called recording paths.

The options for mountmanager are:

local share name:
mount type (I've et this to cifs)
server ip: (I know to put the host pc ip here)
server share:
use as HDD replacement:
mount options:

Username and apssword (I've set these to my pc uname and pword)

[opsmonkey]

In Gemini 4.5 you can change the recording path by..

Go to Menu -> settings -> system -> recording path and set it up according to what your location is

don't think you can change the path in 4.4