mounting Linkstation Pro in Ubuntu Hardy

[serenissimus]

   

Hello,

 

I assume that within the Linkstation Pro there is an embedded Linux and that the drive is essentially a Linux format. How do I mount the Network Drive (via ethernet) on an Ubuntu command line ?

 

thx in advance

 

s

[Colin137]

sudo mount -t cifs //ip_address_of_LS/sharename /path/to/mountpoint

 

you may need to modify that to make it accessable by a normal user, check out the Ubuntu forums for mounting samba volumes.

[serenissimus]

   

thank you Colin137,

 

I have had problems with cifs and Ubuntu, which mostly relate to the file permissions. Is there a way to mount as nfs volume ?

 

I have tried 

 

sudo mount -t nfs IPAdr:/sharename /path/to/mountpoint

 

but that does not work.

 

s

[Colin137]

NFS doesn't work, the Terastation Pro II is the only product that we have at the moment that supports NFS. Try mounting as -t smbfs or -t smb.

[serenissimus]

   

what a pity, thank you anyway

 

s

[Jali]

   

Hi

I bought  Link Station  Live  (LS-CH1.0TL - EU)    last weekend 
As it is manufactured in Jan 2010  i asume it has all the lates firmwares and updates allready .

I did the setup wizard  on my laptop Windows partition  and made successfully the backups via ethernet cable there. Had no troubles with accessing it via explore.

Now i want to also backup files at my Linux partition  (i am using  Ubuntu 9.10   the Karmic Koala ) 

 

Problem is i am not familiar with skills/commands  how to gain acces to linkstation.
I know the ip  that was assigned with setup on windows.

But when i ping it , it tells that host unreachable.
Just in case i tried .

 > sudo mount -t cifs //169.254.0.0/share   /home/me/share

 but even netstat confirms that such ip exists
which ended with error: 

 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //169.254.0.0/share,

       missing codepage or helper program, or other error

       (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might

       need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)

       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try

       dmesg | tail  or so

Please help me to find the right IP  for the mounting procedure -.-


regards