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Product Support => HiMedia Q5/Q10 4K3D => Topic started by: futeko.com on December 11, 2014, 04:08:39 PM

Title: External drives mount location
Post by: futeko.com on December 11, 2014, 04:08:39 PM

Drive mount locations in Android are different to Windows. Android is based on Linux and the Linux file structure is used.

In the pre-installed file manager and the pre-installed HiMedia video player a Windows like file system is emulated. So the built in storage shows C and external drives are D, E etc.

In all other apps the drives use Android file structure.

All directories and locations are subdirectories of root, which is symbolised as /

The internal storage is located at /mnt/sdcard (best for most apps that look for sdcard storage, a relic of Android as a phone OS).

External drives are located at /mnt/sdb/sdb1 then /mnt/sdb/sdb2 etc.

So if you're looking for an external drive in XBMC or another app go to the root filesystem option and look in the /mnt directory!

Title: Re: External drives mount location
Post by: Pickie on August 17, 2015, 06:30:47 PM

Is there any way to have the internal drive always as sda
As soon as I connect an USB device the internal drive changes to sdb and hence kodi cannot find the files anymore...
Thanks

Title: Re: External drives mount location
Post by: stack on September 27, 2015, 11:23:09 AM

Hi Futeko, would you please answer on this case? The issue I am confronted with is that the external USB hard drive is at /dev/sda but changes at runtime of the operating system spontaneously to /dev/sdb without any reason. Then while using it at /dev/sdb it jumps back to /dev/sda. HDD is 2TB USB 3.0. Only the dongle for Airmouse is connected in USB 2.0 port, so no other USB devices.

Title: Re: External drives mount location
Post by: marcelg on September 27, 2015, 07:20:30 PM

Quote from: Pickie on August 17, 2015, 06:30:47 PM

Is there any way to have the internal drive always as sda
As soon as I connect an USB device the internal drive changes to sdb and hence kodi cannot find the files anymore...
Thanks

If is like that, then we can't plug any usb drive, and we need to do it sometimes, we need a fix for that soon!, i know that futeko  already says that he will ask to fix to himedia, drive letter must be fixed, if we add a usb drive, internal drive must keep the same name always sda as first drive.
Seems to be same or similar problem that the one here: http://www.futeko.com/newforum/index.php?topic=253.0