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NAS mount on RPi

wolfgangfriedrich

Hello community,

 

I am having an impossible time trying to permanently connect my NAS to the RPi.

 

The RPi can see and connect to the NAS through the 'FileManager' menu Go>Network,like this:

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Trying to use 'sudo mount' or adding an entry to the /etc/fstab file does not work for me.

Examples:

 

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mount //192.168.2.21/ls-wsgl5ab/Daten /home/pi/Daten/ -o user=Wolfgang,password=xxxxxx
mount error(112): Host is down

 

Entry in fstab:

//192.168.2.21/LS-WSGL5AB/Daten /mnt/RPiNAS cifsusername=Wolfgang,password=xxxxx   0  0

 

I have looked at a lot of forums and pages, they all say that it should work that way.

So I am guessing that I am missing something else.

 

What I don't understand, that one part does see the NAS, the other just does not want to cooperate. Welcome to Linux, I know.image

Did anybody have similar issues or a solution?

 

For crying out load.

Thanks,

- Wolfgang.

  • 0

    Hi Wolfgang,

     

    I don't know the answer, but I know how you can move the scenario to something which may have more success:

    Set up your NAS for NFS file share instead. There should be an option somewhere to configure shared folders, and you can then select NFS.

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    Then, you can type (as root user) something like:

     

    mkdir /mnt/share
mount -t nfs ipaddr_of_nas:/volume/share /mnt/share -v

     

    where /volume/share can be replaced by the name configured or supplied by the NAS. The '-v' will help you troubleshoot if this doesn't function.

  • 0 in reply to shabaz

    Hello ,

     

    This is a very good lead.

    My NAS is an older model (still using IDE drives image) and it seems like it does not support NFS file share. Here are the setup options. I might be SOL for this one.

    Here is the answer to the mount command:

     

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.2.21:/LS-WSGL5AB/Daten /mnt/RPiNAS -v 
mount.nfs: timeout set for Sun Jun  7 21:48:49 2020
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4.2,addr=192.168.2.21,clientaddr=192.168.2.24'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4.1,addr=192.168.2.21,clientaddr=192.168.2.24'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Connection refused
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'addr=192.168.2.21'
mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=6
mount.nfs: portmap query retrying: RPC: Unable to receive
mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=17
mount.nfs: portmap query failed: RPC: Unable to receive - Connection refused

     

     

    I'll keep digging.

    Thanks,

    - W.

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  • 0 in reply to wolfgangfriedrich

    Hi Wolfgang,

     

    It may be worth trying your original mount command in your first post, but with -t cifs (as well as the -v) because the 'Host is down' error could be a symptom of an attempt to DNS-resolve the string of IP address and path. Maybe explicitly indicating cifs may solve it. I'm only guessing though, I have not done this.

    It is unfortunate there is no NFS setting in the NAS, it is a 1980's method. Maybe the developers considered NFS too old.

  • 0 in reply to shabaz

    Something like below like Shabaz intimates  force the FStype with -t option afterall your Linux system isnt a mind reader and will assume NFS otherwise, make sure you have the SAMBA and Exfat stuff loaded in aswell

     

     

     

    mount -t cifs //10.10.1.100/share -o username=myUser,password=myPassword /mnt/win1

  • 0 in reply to shabaz

    Shabaz most toy NASs wont even think of NFS as really it's not their market share NFSv4 is thoroughly modern other wise you could call CIFS 80-90's . Since this is mostly directed to Windows Clients no reason to support NFS it might scare  people ;-)

  • 0 in reply to Problemchild

    To close the loop: the -t cifs option did not work either. Still getting the

    mount error(112): Host is down

     

    I am almost ready to give up.

    - W.

  • 0 in reply to wolfgangfriedrich

    @John_Alexander

    Sometimes giving up brings the solution:

    sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.2.21/Daten /mnt/RPiNAS -o username=Wolfgang,password=*********,vers=1.0

     

    I This command worked and the issue was from the beginning that I referenced my NAS as //192.168.2.21/LS-WSGL5AB/Daten, when the correct form was //192.168.2.21/Daten .

    Who knew...

    I am sure the -t cifs option also helped, not sure if I want to play around with it.

     

    Now I just have to enter this into the fstab and everything is perfect. Famous last words....

     

    Cheers,

    - W.