USB Storage

[Jimmy T.]

Hi all,

Tried searching, but search seems broken on any forum I tried.

I was wonder if it's possible and or practical to store shows and fixtures on a USB drive and use it on the Rpi.

Reason: If show name stays the same the system would load it form the USB drive and editing and updating the Rpi would not be an issue.

Thanks
Jimmy

[plugz]

I don't know, have you tried ?

[mcallegari]

I never tried either, but you might encounter an issue with the boot timings.
Although you can use 'usbmount' (see last Q&A in the user guide PDF), I'm not sure if a USB pendrive will finish to be mounted when QLC+ starts.
The boot sequence is very fast, so you might need to tweak the QLC+ system script to delay the startup, or better to wait for your USB pendrive to be mounted

[Jimmy T.]

I will give it a try tonight and see how it goes.

From the stand point of someone updating their files it would be a lot easier.

Thanks

[Jimmy T.]

Update: Using a USB drive and having it mount on boot is not feasible. You have to have the USB drive ID in order to mount it at boot. There might be a way with a script to update the ID, but more work that what its worth right now.

[mcallegari]

Update: Using a USB drive and having it mount on boot is not feasible. You have to have the USB drive ID in order to mount it at boot. There might be a way with a script to update the ID, but more work that what its worth right now.

(almost) everything is possible in Linux. You just need to know how it works.
IDs (or better UUID) are needed by /etc/fstab, but as I said, give 'usbmount' a try. It automatically mounts the partitions of USB storage devices to /media/usbX when it detects a plug-in event.