How to add usbdrive, create folder and move files from my nas?

Troubleshooting
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Did the mistake of adding my user data to an external drive because I read a guide online, not a good idea because when the drive spins down, the sonarr interface or app goes down too. So had to do a complete redo.

Now, how can I add an usb drive to my Pie, and create a shared folder.
I would also like to move files from my nas drives to this usb drive.

Thanks in advance
/Challe

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simply attach your USB drive to your SBC and mount it using dietpi-drive_manager.

This depends on how you like to share the folder. You could use NFS, SAMBA or FTP.

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hmm, seems like it is not seen by my pie when it powers down, is there some settings to prevent that?

but its blinking

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4

probably a setting on this enclosure. Not sure if there is something that could be adjusted. Does the enclosure has a configuration possibility?

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not that I know, I will investigate

6

at least the drive should be visible using following command.

lsblk -o name,fstype,label,size,ro,type,mountpoint,partuuid,uuid

Otherwise it’s hard to work with them :slight_smile:

7

should it be viewable even it its not correctly formatted for the pie?

8

Yes this is a pure technical view. Doesn’t matter what file system format the drive has, it should be visible. otherwise your SBC can’t use it.

9

It might be defective, I will try to return it, any usb3.0 external should work with a pi right, should have gotten that one instead.

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theoretically yes it should be.

11

what about external 2.5 hdds without a power supply, that might cause a strain on the rp 4, has any user used any specfic external usb that works, have they used a usb hdd with power supply?

12

Usually we highly recommend to use an own dedicated PSU for external drives on a RPi4. Because USB ports of the RPi are not designed to power external USB disk. It might gonna work without PSU, but we have seen a lot of issues with file system corruption due to this. Especially if there is a peak of power consumption, this easily could lead to data loss.

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ok, if I use an usb splitter and put the other in my synology nas is that enough for power or should I use a dedicated usb power hub?

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honestly I don’t know how much power is provided by a Synology USB port.

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