April 13, 2010 11:40 AM

I don't believe that it can do this - Pogoplug is designed to interface directly with USB connected drives.

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November 2, 2010 6:38 AM

I am trying to do exactly this,
the obvious way is to mount a samba share but, unfortunately something is lacking in openpogo to allow this, you can share the pogoplug fine but not mount an external drive.
If you do find any method please post it here.

April 3, 2011 3:27 PM

hey guys, am trying to do the same, (use pogoplug as means of accessing WHS files)

Im fairly computer literate, but not too great with terminal commands, so Im a bit confused at

"username=root,password=pass,dmask=777,fmask=777" and "sharing a folder /share with user=root & password=pass
your pogoplug will share this folder"

would you m ind being a bit more specific as to what you mean or in that last sentence? i.e. spell it out in more newb friendly terms? would greatly appreciate it.

April 4, 2011 5:48 AM

Command with variables:
mount //WHS_IP/WHS_Share /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1/POGO_mount_folder -o usernam
e=WHS_login,password=WHS_password,dmask=777,fmask=777

The variables are:

WHS_IP : ip address of the WHS eg 192.168.1.100
WHS_Share: Shared folder of the WHS eg PUBLIC

POGO_mount_folder: the name of the folder created in /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1 step eg networkshare

WHS_login: WHS login eg Administrator
WHS_password: WHS password for the above account eg admin_password

So putting all the examples together:
mount //192.168.1.100/PUBLIC /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1/networkshare -o usernam
e=Administrator,password=admin_password,dmask=777,fmask=777

You may (though I didn't) need to specify the type of mount by adding
-t cifs (or -t smbfs) before the -o command.
google "mount -t cifs" for help on the command.

April 5, 2011 11:10 AM

Note: while this should indeed work (from what I've read) You'll need to manually kick the indexing in the but to get it to notice the "new" content.

April 5, 2011 7:13 PM updated: April 5, 2011 7:17 PM

so I understand clearly, the folder I would like to access on my Pogoplug is the entire shared folder which is D:/shares. when pointing to this folder in the command line, do I have to designate a drive letter? or will "shares" suffice? Also being that i ran this command (incorrectly) a few days ago, the "networkshare" file was already created. is there a way to remove it or how would i go about executing this command line being that that file already exists.

UPDATE: have tried the command line with "mount //192.168.1.3/D:/shares/..." and without the "D:" neither works.
I get "mount: can't find //192.168.1.3/D:/shares/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1/networkshare in /etc/fstab" returned upon entry.

April 5, 2011 7:18 PM

WarheadsSE said: //pc.ipaddress/shares

hey, thanks for the reply, but as you can see in my update that did not work. retracing steps but dont know what i could have gotten wrong. 

April 5, 2011 8:57 PM

1) make sure /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1/networkshare exists, and this usb drive is indeed mounted there
2) attempt to ping that ip
3) mount -t cifs -o ... //192.168.1.3/shares ...
Verify that that is a valid UNC path by typing \\192.168.1.3\shares into your PC's explorer browser.

April 6, 2011 5:12 AM updated: April 6, 2011 6:08 AM

so far all i can do is verify that the usb drive is properly mounted and I can create directories on it thru terminal. I've created a few on the drive just to test, so I know that things are okay on that end.

the problem is getting the shares folder to mount to the directory i've created. the WHS IP address is definitely correct and I am able to connect to it via my browser just by typing the IP address.. and "shares" is definitely the name of the folder that contains my shared files.

not sure what else i could be looking for. im running terminal on a mac and my home server is a straightforward stock WHS installation.

I dont see any possible syntax errors as I've followed everything here to the T.

do appreciate any help as this should be pretty straightforward and starting to drive me a bit mad! =/

oh Ive also tried both methods of mounting the shares (-t cfis and smbfs) the cfis method gave me the same error, while the smbfs method returned only "no such device" with no mention of an address issue. not sure if this is of any consequence. just trying to spell out as much as i can .

April 6, 2011 10:36 AM

FYI ping on unix based systems doesn't stop,
try ping -c 5 IP.address next time.


You could try some WHS troubleshooting?

Step 1: Clear the Hosts file

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1. Click the Start Button, type "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.

2. Right-click on the file "Hosts" (without quotations) and choose Delete.

3. Click Continue to confirm the deletion and verify the administrator permission.



Step 2: Clean up the Domain Name Resolution (DNS) cache

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1. Click the Start Button, type "cmd" (without quotation marks), in the search result list, right click on Cmd.exe and select Run as administrator.

2. Click Continue button to verify the administrator permission.

3. In the popup window, type: "ipconfig /flushdns" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.

April 6, 2011 11:36 AM

DNS & hosts would explain why accessing by IP address works but UNC does not.

I don't have WHS either, my server runs Debian.

April 6, 2011 3:29 PM updated: April 6, 2011 3:30 PM

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In linux, they are /

It's just how it is :)