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Avening All,

I've been looking at implementing a home server like this for some time, but all the info was spread so far a wide so a big thank you for producing something I can understand. Its been fun learning so far, however I have now run into a problem which I hope is me being a little dim.

I've created the FlexRAID pool using (from Webmin):
/media/Data1 Linux Native Filesystem (ext3) SATA device C partition 1
/media/Data2 Linux Native Filesystem (ext3) SATA device D partition 1
/media/PPU Linux Native Filesystem (ext3) SATA device B partition 1

Having started storage pool I now have a mount point (/root/FlexRAID_POOL)

If I set these to "auto mount" on server restart the disks appear as missing from the pool in flexRAID. If I stop doing this then they remain in the pool and I get the following mount points:
.. class1_0/{-dev-sdb1} Linux Native Filesystem (ext3) SATA device B partition 1
... class1_0/{-dev-sdc1} Linux Native Filesystem (ext3) SATA device C partition 1
... class1_0/{-dev-sdd1} Linux Native Filesystem (ext3) SATA device D partition 1

which I assume are the mount points for mount of the FlexRAID pool.

I also have the following mount points:
/root/FlexRAID_POOL FUSE.FLEXRAIDFS FlexRAIDFS
... export/FlexRAID_POOL Loopback Filesystem (bind) /FlexRAID_POOL (I think I created this one, when trying to mount storage pool mount point)

The question is, how do I go about getting access to this disk. I can't create a share from within FlexRAID as the button is always greyed out and I can't seem to mount the folder within Ubuntu

I've also tried setting up /FlexRAID_POOL as a share within SAMBA, however when I try to access this through windows, I can see it but cannot alter in any way.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Marc

Hi Marc,

I'm afraid I've not tried using the storage pool in FlexRAID so I can't give you any tips. Have you tried asking on http://forum.flexraid.com ?

That's the FlexRAID author's forum so the man himself or someone else there should be able to help. Unless of course someone here can jump in and save the day.

I'm sorry I can't solve the problem for you.

Ian.