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[DonP]

In the Windows version, I can browse to the NAS file location with no problem but on the Linux version, neither of my NAS drives show up.  Is this a bug and/or how can I find the file location?  I even tried entering the path manually but MediaCenter says it's invalid even though I am getting it directly from the Linux file manager.

[BryanC]

Are you mounting the shares? If not, you should do so.

[DonP]

Yes, of course, and they are visible by name in the File Manager. They mount automatically.

[BryanC]

Are you pointing MC to the mount location and not the network share?

[DonP]

I finally had to add a third-party app called Smb4k that let me map the NAS drives in a way that apparently MC likes.  Now it sees them but odd that that was necessary when they were already mapped and part of the filesystem.

[Scobie]

what sort of nas?

[BryanC]

Have you tried manually mounting with cifs? I doubt you need a third party tool, it's likely that your file manager is mounting them in a funky manner, which can be resolved via fstab or a systemd mount unit.

[DonP]

what sort of nas?

Are there different sorts?

[JimH]

Please describe your NAS.

[DonP]

Not sure what you're asking as it's just a standard NAS as defined on Wikipedia. One of mine is a D-Link with 2TB storage and the other a Buffalo with 1TB of storage, both having two hard drives in RAID configurations. Are you asking for the model numbers?

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level (as opposed to block-level) computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients. NAS is specialized for serving files either by its hardware, software, or configuration. It is often manufactured as a computer appliance – a purpose-built specialized computer. NAS systems are networked appliances which contain one or more storage drives, often arranged into logical, redundant storage containers or RAID. Network-attached storage removes the responsibility of file serving from other servers on the network. They typically provide access to files using network file sharing protocols such as NFS, SMB, or AFP. From the mid-1990s, NAS devices began gaining popularity as a convenient method of sharing files among multiple computers. Potential benefits of dedicated network-attached storage, compared to general-purpose servers also serving files, include faster data access, easier administration, and simple configuration.

The hard disk drives with "NAS" in their name are functionally similar to other drives but may have different firmware, vibration tolerance, or power dissipation to make them more suitable for use in RAID arrays, which are often used in NAS implementations. For example, some NAS versions of drives support a command extension to allow extended error recovery to be disabled. In a non-RAID application, it may be important for a disk drive to go to great lengths to successfully read a problematic storage block, even if it takes several seconds. In an appropriately configured RAID array, a single bad block on a single drive can be recovered completely via the redundancy encoded across the RAID set. If a drive spends several seconds executing extensive retries it might cause the RAID controller to flag the drive as "down" whereas if it simply replied promptly that the block of data had a checksum error, the RAID controller would use the redundant data on the other drives to correct the error and continue without any problem. Such a "NAS" SATA hard disk drive can be used as an internal PC hard drive, without any problems or adjustments needed, as it simply supports additional options and may possibly be built to a higher quality standard (particularly if accompanied by a higher quoted MTBF figure and higher price) than a regular consumer drive.

[BryanC]

We need to know the file-sharing protocols that you are using and the software that your NAS is running.

Are you using CIFS/SMB or NFS on the NAS? What software is your NAS running? Is your NAS configured for power-savings (spins down idle disks)?

How are you mounting your shares on your clients? You say that the file manager is handling this for you...well, how is your file manager mounting the shares? Which protocol is it using? Where is it mounting them? Are you pointing MC at the mount points or at the network shares? You haven't provided any details that could possibly help us diagnose your issues.