zzzFM change mount path of external drives?

[Member PenguinGuy]

So I sort of solved this with a bind path command:

sudo mount –bind /oldPath /newPath

Links works & is sort of like a link to the drive. Don’t know what the drawbacks are.

BUT still consider this UNSOLVED since it doesn’t use the zzzFM UI (previously I could just edit paths & mount in the command center app).

================================================================

The tool that I was using to mount from antiX 19.4 doesn’t appear to exist in 21.

zzzFM seems better than spaceFM at mounting (which using the other tool was buggy).

However, I don’t know how to change my mount path (to enable symlinks & various path vars).

I think there is some syntax I might be able to change in the options like:

path=/myDrive

• This topic was modified 1 year ago by PenguinGuy.
• This topic was modified 1 year ago by PenguinGuy.
• This topic was modified 1 year ago by PenguinGuy.

[Member PenguinGuy]

Helpful

Up

0

::

So does anyone have any updates on how to do this with zzzFM or if it’s coming in a new feature?

Otherwise I’m going to do my mounting with some sort of startup script (since zzzFM doesn’t appear to save my mount bind or even exec status).

[Member iznit]

Helpful

Up

0

::

What is name of the tool that existed in antiX 19.4 but not in antiX 21? Maybe it can be restored.

[Member PenguinGuy]

Helpful

Up

0

::

iznit wrote:

What is name of the tool that existed in antiX 19.4 but not in antiX 21? Maybe it can be restored.

I can’t remember, it’s in the 19.x Control Centre where the disks tools are. In 21 there is just an automount program.

[Member Robin]

Helpful

Up

1

::

I remember there was a tool, just like you describe, but I believe this was in antiX 17, since I can’t find it in antiX 19 Control Center either (see screenshot) I don’t know its name, but I know it never has worked for me (on a live persistent system). After I had started it once to see what it does, the fstab file was messed up by double entries, and it was difficult to get rid of them since the duplicates were restored on each new system startup. Only manually editing the fstab file within the rootfs’ compressed file system solved the issue.

antiX provides an optional boot code “mount=all” (at least in Live/frugal installs), so there is no need to mount something manually. The advantage is: This way the mountpoints won’t change anymore. At least I have never seen them changing this way.

Attachments:

1. 

   antiX-19-CC-Disks.jpg
   

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[Member iznit]

Helpful

Up

1

::

ok, that was “disk-manager” dropped from debian because it is a python2 program

a similar features replacement could be “gnome-disk-utility” package
https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2019/08/quick-guide-to-awesome-gnome-disk-utility.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaCLlX_3ykk

[Member PenguinGuy]

Helpful

Up

0

::

Robin wrote:

I remember there was a tool, just like you describe, but I believe this was in antiX 17, since I can’t find it in antiX 19 Control Center either (see screenshot) I don’t know its name, but I know it never has worked for me (on a live persistent system). After I had started it once to see what it does, the fstab file was messed up by double entries, and it was difficult to get rid of them since the duplicates were restored on each new system startup. Only manually editing the fstab file within the rootfs’ compressed file system solved the issue.

antiX provides an optional boot code “mount=all” (at least in Live/frugal installs), so there is no need to mount something manually. The advantage is: This way the mountpoints won’t change anymore. At least I have never seen them changing this way.

It’s the Manage Disks Disk-Manager tool.

But I think it used to fight with spaceFM’s automount so it had to be reset like every 1-2 weeks.

spaceFM seemed kinda buggy & would lose all settings every now & again too.

[Author]

Posts