Unable to add network HDD

Onewheelinweirdo · 04-01-2007, 02:10 PM

I have a Iomega StorCenter 250GB that I want to be able to connect to. It came with a setup CD and I ran the configuration wizard for linux. it came back with this:

ThinkTank:/home/josh # '/media/SOLUTIONS/Linux Tools/Iomega Discovery/discoverylx'
Scanning your network for Iomega StorCenter Network Drives.
Please wait...

No Iomega StorCenter Network Drives were found on your network
Please check all network connections and try again

My computer is hooked up to the same router as the HDD. Yes, the HDD is on

I can access the configuration options of the HDD itself when I type in it's IP address. I've read stuff about this Samba thing that can be used, but I don't know how to use that. I have also tried to access it in remote:/ under SMB, ZeroConf and SLP.

While I'm posting a new thread, could someone give me a link or a how to on how to add a network printer? (HP LaserJet 4MV with it's own print server)
Oh, Yeah. The print server is a JetDirect that plugs into a space inside the printer. I added a printer in CUPS, but I'm not sure I did it right. I set: ipp://192.168.0.9/ipp/ as the URI. when I try to print a test page, it says the printer is busy even though there are no other computers using it.

OHHHHHHH YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! I made it work without any help! WOOT WOOT! (lot of fiddling though)

theNbomr · 04-02-2007, 01:02 PM

I have no idea what standard the IOmega box uses for disk sharing, but if it is intended to work with Windows, it will almost certainly support smb/samba. As a simple diagnostic, see if you can connect to it with

Code:

smbclient -L xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

replace the xxx's with the IP of the box. If it is accepting connections, you should see a list of smb shares. Then, make a mountpoint, and try mounting the share:

Code:

mkdir /mnt/iomegaBoxOrWhateverNameYouLike
mount -t smbfs -o ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,rw //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/shareNameFromSmbclient /mnt/iomegaBoxOrWhateverNameYouLike
ls -las /mnt/iomegaBoxOrWhateverNameYouLike

You may have to fiddle with the option settings (-o .... ) for smbmount for username,password,workgroup, etc. Hopefully this is documented.

Your system may have smb4k, and not smbclient. It will allow you to extract the same information.

--- rod.

Onewheelinweirdo · 04-02-2007, 08:47 PM

It didn't work.

ThinkTank:/home/josh # smbclient -L 192.168.0.2
Password:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
NetHDD Disk
IPC$ IPC IPC Service ()
ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service ()
Printer2 Printer
Printer1 Printer
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a]

Server Comment
--------- -------
BLACKHOLE
BURN

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
MSHOME DELL-ATHLON
TUX-NET THINKTANK
WORKGROUP BLACKHOLE
ThinkTank:/home/josh # mkdir /mnt/BlackHole
ThinkTank:/home/josh # mount -t smbfs -o ip=192.168.0.2,rw //192.168.0.2/NetHDD /mnt/BlackHole
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

I also tried it with smb4k:

ThinkTank:/home/josh # smbclient -L 192.168.0.2
Password:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
NetHDD Disk
IPC$ IPC IPC Service ()
ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service ()
Printer2 Printer
Printer1 Printer
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a]

Server Comment
--------- -------
BLACKHOLE
BURN

Workgroup Master
--------- -------
MSHOME DELL-ATHLON
TUX-NET THINKTANK
WORKGROUP BLACKHOLE
ThinkTank:/home/josh # mkdir /mnt/BlackHole
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/BlackHole': File exists
ThinkTank:/home/josh # mount -t smb4k -o ip=192.168.0.2,rw //192.168.0.2/NetHDD /mnt/BlackHole
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smb4k'

When i look at the drive properties in XP, it says the drive is formatted as NTFS. That Can't be right.
What should I try next?

michaelk · 04-02-2007, 09:30 PM

Use cifs instead of smbfs.

I did some googling at Iomega's website and if I was looking at the correct page it appears their network storage units can support nfs, smb, ftp and a few other protocols.

BTW the network storage devices run linux and you can download the OS from Iomega's website. It does not matter what the client thinks the filesystem type is since the server actually does all the file read/writes.

theNbomr · 04-03-2007, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onewheelinweirdo

ThinkTank:/home/josh # mount -t smb4k -o ip=192.168.0.2,rw //192.168.0.2/NetHDD /mnt/BlackHole
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smb4k'[/INDENT]When i look at the drive properties in XP, it says the drive is formatted as NTFS. That Can't be right.
What should I try next?

You should try smbfs, not 'smb4k' as the filesystem type in the mount command.

EDIT: Oops, I just re-read your full post, and see that you evidently have
a kernel that does not know about smb filesystems. I don't know Suse at all, but perhaps you can install smbfs as a loadable module:

Code:

modprobe smbfs

--- rod.

theNbomr · 04-03-2007, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

It does not matter what the client thinks the filesystem type is since the server actually does all the file read/writes.

I respectfully disagree with this. If that were true, we would need only one network filesystem client driver, and it would handle all types of servers. The format of the network share as seen by client hosts is absolutely dependent on the server.

--- rod.

Onewheelinweirdo · 04-04-2007, 04:54 PM

Hey thanks guys! cifs did the trick! Now what do I do to make it appear in Konqueror? I can see all of the directories in Samba now.

EDIT: Woah!!! Some part of KDE crashed and now there's no menu! I rebooted and it didn't help.
OK, I fixed it by deleting my user account and re-creating it. It worked for a while, but now whenever I open an application, it shows up twice in the taskbar.