SAMBA does work well. I use it it or network drives in Windows to copy/sync in FreeFileSync. SAMBA is handy to add just one song/folder/picture at a time.
Howard Redrum wrote: > My opinion is "anywhere you want". I personally use a SS USB HDD > connected directly to my pcP servers. Others use NAS, you could use a > USB Stick (as you mentioned) if it is big enough for you. I did this for > a friend that has a small library. I personally would avoid storing them > on the same SD as pcP unless backed up (In case SD becomes corrupted). > > You also mention "popping the SD to transfer files". Using Samba, your > pcP music storage folder(s) are accessible as a network location (from > say a PC/Mac). Personally, I maintain my library on a PC, and use > freefilesync to mirror the library to the HDD attached to the pi > (through Samba). > > Jim > > <edit, I just saw Howards suggestion and your reply. I would encourage > you to look into the samba option on pcP, and applications like > freefilesync or similar. The whole backup, file mirroring is a single > click operation, or you can schedule it to automatically occur. > > One other thing to keep in mind is where you keep your LMS data > (probably currently on your SD). You can keep it there, create a third > partition for it, or move it to your external thumb or other drive. Then > use Samba to access it to back it up. I don't backup all of it, just my > favorites, podcasts lists, etc in case the SD bricks and you have to > rebuild. While I'm on that, pcP has a utility to create an image of your > SD. I would encourage you to do it just in case.> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
