OK, new problem. USB extrernal drive connected directly to the pi by cable. When formatted ext4, it shows up in the list of USB mounts, but no files are read into the library. When the same drive is reformatted exFAT, there are files visible.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
The USB interface is a lower layer than the file system.... are you mounting the drive correctly?
https://gordonlesti.com/mount-ext4-usb-flash-drive-to-raspberry-pi/
https://gordonlesti.com/mount-ext4-usb-flash-drive-to-raspberry-pi/
Prolly permissions. I have several systems with ext4 USB and NVMe disks and no issues whatsoever.
https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user.html#database
OK! Thank you Tim!
Permissions started as:
drwx------ 5 jeremy jeremy 4096 Jun 6 21:58 ext4thumb
chown & chmod got me to:
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 6 21:58 ext4thumb
Then guess what happened?
Yup. New library entries.
How can I make this automatic/persistent? Say I take my 4TB drive which I had formatted as exFAT while troubleshooting and reformat it ext4 - will I need to do this terminal surgery every reboot or will the permission and owner change stick?
Does the owner need to be root root? Or will 755 permissions on jeremy jeremy be enough?
I know almost enough to be dangerous, go slow....
Permissions started as:
drwx------ 5 jeremy jeremy 4096 Jun 6 21:58 ext4thumb
chown & chmod got me to:
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 6 21:58 ext4thumb
Then guess what happened?
Yup. New library entries.
How can I make this automatic/persistent? Say I take my 4TB drive which I had formatted as exFAT while troubleshooting and reformat it ext4 - will I need to do this terminal surgery every reboot or will the permission and owner change stick?
Does the owner need to be root root? Or will 755 permissions on jeremy jeremy be enough?
I know almost enough to be dangerous, go slow....
Then your configuration is incorrect.
The link I sent you has more links.
Not only must the USB connection be made - to enable the data link- but the transport layer must also be configured. When you mount the drive you can specify the filesystem type... you would need some means of automatically identify the filesystem type when the USB device is identified and connected.
In the short term, just use exFAT formatting and/or try manually mounting the drive. See if you can get that working first.... then you will need to see how to make so it will self mount when you plug it in via USB.
I created a Raspberry 5 last year, with the defaults, and I have no trouble mounting and seeing ext4 filesystems when I plug in a USB stick.
The link I sent you has more links.
Not only must the USB connection be made - to enable the data link- but the transport layer must also be configured. When you mount the drive you can specify the filesystem type... you would need some means of automatically identify the filesystem type when the USB device is identified and connected.
In the short term, just use exFAT formatting and/or try manually mounting the drive. See if you can get that working first.... then you will need to see how to make so it will self mount when you plug it in via USB.
I created a Raspberry 5 last year, with the defaults, and I have no trouble mounting and seeing ext4 filesystems when I plug in a USB stick.