I am very new to the raspberry pi/linux world and know little to nothing about code, so bare with me. I also apologize if this solution is posted somewhere else, as I have searched with no luck.
I just recently purchased a raspberry pi specifically as a media center to digitally play all my movies. I would like to use an external hard drive to store all the movies that is directly connected to the pi via USB. I have downloaded raspbmc onto a SD card and have had no issues running XBMC. However, when I connect the external hard drive directly to the raspberry pi, I am having trouble accessing the folders inside the drive where the movies are stored. The drive shows up under the videos tab on XBMC but I get an error the reads "path not found or invalid" under a remote share window. After tooling around online for a solution I have been able to access my computer's hard drive and the external while it's connected to the computer via the windows network smb. While this works fine, this is not my intention and I would prefer not to rely on my computer at all. I've also come across going into the rootfile system, media and my external shows up there as well. However, it does not allow me to view any of the folders in the drive and acts as if it is empty. I have also attempted this with a flash drive with similar results. From what I've read, I believe external drives need to be mounted but am unsure how to do this.
I have found several similar issues on various forums that all mention things such as codes starting with sudo and various other names, but am very unfamiliar with how to even start entering or searching around those areas. I'm hoping someone can provide a very simple walk through on how to mount an external hard drive.
Thanks in advance.
I just recently purchased a raspberry pi specifically as a media center to digitally play all my movies. I would like to use an external hard drive to store all the movies that is directly connected to the pi via USB. I have downloaded raspbmc onto a SD card and have had no issues running XBMC. However, when I connect the external hard drive directly to the raspberry pi, I am having trouble accessing the folders inside the drive where the movies are stored. The drive shows up under the videos tab on XBMC but I get an error the reads "path not found or invalid" under a remote share window. After tooling around online for a solution I have been able to access my computer's hard drive and the external while it's connected to the computer via the windows network smb. While this works fine, this is not my intention and I would prefer not to rely on my computer at all. I've also come across going into the rootfile system, media and my external shows up there as well. However, it does not allow me to view any of the folders in the drive and acts as if it is empty. I have also attempted this with a flash drive with similar results. From what I've read, I believe external drives need to be mounted but am unsure how to do this.
I have found several similar issues on various forums that all mention things such as codes starting with sudo and various other names, but am very unfamiliar with how to even start entering or searching around those areas. I'm hoping someone can provide a very simple walk through on how to mount an external hard drive.
Thanks in advance.