My network drive shows up in the file browser, just like my external usb-harddrive. Moving, running and editing files works. Hovering over it shows smb://lacie-2big/nasdisk .
BUT, when I want to save a file, the drive doesn't come up as an option. All I can see is my other places, including my usb-harddrive.
I am a complete newbie but I am GUESSING that it has something to do with the mount not being a "real" mount but just a shortcut to the smb location.
So I ran the tutorial at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently about how to "mount a network drive permanently".
edited my fstab to
//LaCie-2big/nasdisk /media/nasmount cifs guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode 0 0
and running sudo mount -a gave me the following error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //LaCie-2big/nasdisk,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
(for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
need a /sbin/mount. helper program)
In some cases useful info is found in syslog – try
dmesg | tail or so
Now thats a very helpful error message, BUT, before I go any further, I'd be really thankful if one of you could tell me if I'm even in the right ballpark, or if my actual need: to be able to download files (ie torrents) directly to the drive, can be possible as it is already.
Question: How to fix "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //LaCie-2big/nasdisk,
missing codepage or helper program" when running mount -a
Best Answer
I think you are on the right track.
Try without the codepage stuff, ( take out iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode ). verify mount.cifs exist by running which mount.cifs as root.
Does the end of the output of dmesg show anything?