From e2d5ab575d32023f31a34bf44c2ebd8eca8df639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Mazzoleni Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:29:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note in the manual about mounting disks in subfolders --- snapraid.1 | 14 ++++++++++++-- snapraid.d | 9 +++++++-- snapraid.txt | 9 +++++++-- 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/snapraid.1 b/snapraid.1 index af3bd984..07e25dfb 100644 --- a/snapraid.1 +++ b/snapraid.1 @@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ disk d3 /mnt/disk3/ .PD .RE .PP -If you are in Windows, you should use drive letters and backslashes -instead of slashes, and if you like, also file extensions. +If you are in Windows, you should use the Windows path format, with drive +letters and backslashes instead of slashes. .PP .RS 4 parity E:\\snapraid.parity @@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ disk d3 H:\\array\\ .PD .RE .PP +If you have many disks, and you run out of drive letters, you can mount +disks directly in sub folders. See: +.PP +.RS 4 +https://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+mount+point +.PD 0 +.PP +.PD +.RE +.PP At this point you are ready to start the \[dq]sync\[dq] command to build the parity information. .PP diff --git a/snapraid.d b/snapraid.d index d600badc..b3c8e171 100644 --- a/snapraid.d +++ b/snapraid.d @@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ Getting Started :disk d2 /mnt/disk2/ :disk d3 /mnt/disk3/ - If you are in Windows, you should use drive letters and backslashes - instead of slashes, and if you like, also file extensions. + If you are in Windows, you should use the Windows path format, with drive + letters and backslashes instead of slashes. :parity E:\snapraid.parity :content C:\snapraid\snapraid.content @@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ Getting Started :disk d2 G:\array\ :disk d3 H:\array\ + If you have many disks, and you run out of drive letters, you can mount + disks directly in sub folders. See: + + :https://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+mount+point + At this point you are ready to start the "sync" command to build the parity information. diff --git a/snapraid.txt b/snapraid.txt index 3185eae9..6d211de2 100644 --- a/snapraid.txt +++ b/snapraid.txt @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ the following options: disk d2 /mnt/disk2/ disk d3 /mnt/disk3/ -If you are in Windows, you should use drive letters and backslashes -instead of slashes, and if you like, also file extensions. +If you are in Windows, you should use the Windows path format, with drive +letters and backslashes instead of slashes. parity E:\snapraid.parity content C:\snapraid\snapraid.content @@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ instead of slashes, and if you like, also file extensions. disk d2 G:\array\ disk d3 H:\array\ +If you have many disks, and you run out of drive letters, you can mount +disks directly in sub folders. See: + + https://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+mount+point + At this point you are ready to start the "sync" command to build the parity information.