can you post the output from:
mount
and
ls /media/52d97bc6-18f2-422a-963a-0032f27a2fb3
and
fdisk -l
and
blkid
at least it's a known quantity .. do you really need a fancy webUI ?
OK I understand what you’re saying up to a point , and no I don’t need a fancy GUI but the point of this exercise for me was to make a comparison with Freenas 8, which I currently use on another NAS,
Freenas 8 like OMV is a dedicated NAS operating system that is designed to be easy to use (or as easy as possible to use) for non computer literate people like me, I will never have the knowledge and ability that you and SeZo have to use a barebones server OS as a NAS Interface, I’m just not smart enough at least not without being on here constantly asking help to do this and do that.
What would be the point of Volker Theile writing OMV if it was just as easy to do in peppermintos server edition or any other server edition, the way I see it is that it must be easier for people like me to use and it must be better or why bother writing it.
The attraction of OMV is it’s similarity to Freenas 8, (apparently Volker Thiele previously worked on the Freenas 8 project ) I’ve use Freenas since version 7 and it’s been rock solid for the most part,
I could configure rsync to back up my data and set up a bitorrent server, share all my media to hacked xboxes I have around the house, play video, view photos and listen to music all without any help from anyone.
So it’s not the GUI particularly it’s the ease of use for someone like me who likes to learn but knows his limitations.
The problem I have with Freenas 8 is since it moved on from V7 I can’t get my head around the jail/ports plugins thing and thought with OMV I could have a Linux system that i understood better and OMV from what I’ve seen looks like it would do that. 
root@openmediavault:~# mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/52d97bc6-18f2-422a-963a-0032f27a2fb3 type ext2 (rw)
root@openmediavault:~# ls /media/52d97bc6-18f2-422a-963a-0032f27a2fb3
lost+found OMV1
root@openmediavault:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 10.2 GB, 10242892800 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1245 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ae0a9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1189 9541632 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1189 1246 458753 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1189 1246 458752 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000d0ce
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 9730 78149632 83 Linux
root@openmediavault:~# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="7c232285-5f5d-4cd5-8657-3b61916e6f16" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="8007befa-416b-4732-a8cf-257b03a2b5a4" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Storage1" UUID="52d97bc6-18f2-422a-963a-0032f27a2fb3" TYPE="ext2"
root@openmediavault:~# blkid
root@openmediavault:~# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID=“7c232285-5f5d-4cd5-8657-3b61916e6f16” TYPE=“ext4”
/dev/sda5: UUID=“8007befa-416b-4732-a8cf-257b03a2b5a4” TYPE=“swap”
/dev/sdb1: LABEL=“Storage1” UUID=“52d97bc6-18f2-422a-963a-0032f27a2fb3” TYPE=“ext2”
root@openmediavault:~# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID=“7c232285-5f5d-4cd5-8657-3b61916e6f16” TYPE=“ext4”
/dev/sda5: UUID=“8007befa-416b-4732-a8cf-257b03a2b5a4” TYPE=“swap”
/dev/sdb1: LABEL=“Storage1” UUID=“52d97bc6-18f2-422a-963a-0032f27a2fb3” TYPE=“ext2”
root@openmediavault:~#
I wasn’t talking about a server edition … I was talking about Peppermint.
There is NOTHING OMV can do that Peppermint can’t … it’s just trimmed down (no desktop interface, with a webUI in it’s place) for lightness,
Freenas 8 like OMV is a dedicated NAS operating system that is designed to be easy to use (or as easy as possible to use) for non computer literate people like me
YES, as long as you don’t stray from the default setup (like adding wireless), then you’d better be comfortable at the Debian Server command line 
What would be the point of Volker Theile writing OMV if it was just as easy to do in peppermintos server edition or any other server edition, the way I see it is that it must be easier for people like me to use and it must be better or why bother writing it.
again, as long as you don’t stray from defaults, and again I’m not talking about Peppermint Server (which doesn’t exist) … Peppermint Desktop is light enough and it comes with GUI tools for configuring things outside a default install (such as grsync for setting up rsync, and system-config-samba for setting up shares, etc.) … it is fully capable of doing what OMV can do … the only thing missing is the webUI but you could install webmin … or just remotely control the desktop from another PC using one of many tools (including across the web if you want) … you can also add a media server etc.
But as you wish … we’ll stick with this.
I’m still baffled by these NFS and SAMBA errors/warnings.
I’m also baffled by why adding the nameserver address to /etc/network/interfaces seems to have been what initiated them.
Is this NAS box set up as a DHCP server ?
And can you look in syslog to see if it mentions those errors.
I’m open to suggestions Mark, after all this is just an experiment and a learning curve for me anyway, so if your saying I can use peppermint (or some other distro) to do do what i want I’m happy to give it a go after all there is nothing to lose is there ?
So what do you suggest ?
Is this NAS box set up as a DHCP server ?
It was originally but I changed it to a static ip
And can you look in syslog to see if it mentions those errors.
I’m sorry but I’m not really sure how to do that
OK, can you define your needs
The only thing that had me for a while was setting up a web interface for a torrent client in Peppermint … but I’ve just set up transmission-daemon and can now access that from a web browser
It was originally but I changed it to a static ip
NO, I meant as a DHCP SERVER not client
What’s the output from:
dpkg -i | grep dhcp
I'm sorry but I'm not really sure how to do that
nano /var/log/syslog
[EDIT]
Another option to transmission-daemon is utorrent with a webUI
http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux
and
uTorrent Is Finally Available For Linux (Headless - WebUI Only For Now) ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
on peppermint it requires you to install libssl0.9.8 ← for future reference if needed.
OK, can you define your needs
Ok I have a fairly large collection of movies , mainly children’s movies I’ve collected for my grand daughter and perhaps any future grand children (god willing), Around 1200 familyphotographs going back to the 1970’s, a fair music and music video collection and other media.
The system I have at the moment is simply an old PC I’ve converted into a NAS running Freenas 8, there are 5 large internal hard drives each holding different media, Multimedia, Movies, etc, in addition I have an external 1TB hard drive connected to the NAS where I sync all the other drives on a weekly basis via rsync, The NAS is connected to the router via ethernet along with 3 softmodded xboxes running xbmc that I use to view/stream media around the house
For the most part this system works fine for me except for the plugin system (adopted since version version 8 ) which I just can’t get my head around, being based on BSD it uses a ports/jail system which is like an operating system within an operating system and to be honest i have a big enough problem understanding one BSD OS let alone 2 or more, in other words things I used to do easily and fully understand in version 7 I just can’t get my head around in version 8,
Then i noticed OMV whos author is apparently an ex Freenas developer and it looked like the perfect solution for me, because on the surface it seemed to have all the advantages of Freenas minus the disadvantages being based on a system I’ve come at least a little familiar with (Debian Linux)
In spite of it’s shortcomings Freenas 8 would be a hard act to follow, but I’m willing to listen, learn and maybe with your help come up with something better
What I meant was …
I need the box to share 5 HDD’s over the network using samba (smb/cifs).
I need a torrent client that wlll download to the NAS’s shared directories and is accessable (to add torrents) through a web browser from other PC’s on the network.
I need my printer sharing through the NAS
I need a media streaming server (such as minidlna) to server media
I need to be able to access the headless NAS’s UI (desktop in the case of Peppermint) remotely from other PC’s on the network.
etc.
Did I miss anything ?
How much RAM and what CPU is in this box again ?
A Peppermint box can do all of the above, though it will (because of the desktop UI) be slightly heavier than OMV, but you’ll have a familiar desktop and a bunch of GUI tools to help with configuration.
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Did I miss anything ?
That just about covers it Mark
What are the machine specs again ?
There’s 1.5gb ram but I’m not sure about the cpu, is there a terminal command I can use to give you that information ?
Yup … you knew there would be … c’mon admit it …
cat /proc/cpuinfo
AMD Athelon
1211.964 MHz
256Kb cache
Hmm … not the most powerful CPU, but peppermint seems quite happy on celeron 900’s (so I guess it would be fine … but it’s your call.
Which would you rather try …
Working out what’s going on in OMV
or
doing this through peppermint ?
Which would you rather try ..Working out what’s going on in OMV
or
doing this through peppermint ?
Personally OMV only because I have some idea of what I’m getting into and what I can expect from it due to it’s similarity to freenas, however if you’re saying that peppermint can do a better job I’m happy to be guided by you, Also I don’t want to brass you off with this wireless thing. But as this purely experimental and I’m in this to learn so I’ll take your advice.
Many thanks
Graeme
OK, are there any clues to the samba and nfs errors/warnings in syslog ?
nano /var/log/syslog
?
and what’s the output from:
dpkg -l | grep nfs
do me a favour, run:
nano /etc/network/interfaces
and make it read:-
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.2.150
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.2.1
# dns-nameservers 192.168.2.1
SAVE the file … and see if you still get the samba and NFS errors, and the boot problems.
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