For the people who encounter the same problem.
This line worked for me..

mount -t cifs -o nolock,proto=tcp,username=JeFF,password=****** //192.168.0.50/Public /usr/local/etc/Movies
mount -o bind /usr/local/etc/Movies /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/Movies


Looks like i cant mount a sub-folder of my NAS her Public folder.

to bad tho that my folder.jpg files are not showing up as preview thumbnails

That is the same conclusion I've arrived at. I'm not very experienced with Linux so maybe someone who is can confirm that a sub-directory can't be mounted or they can explain how to mount a sub-directory. I like to learn!

Hi guys,

Thanks for the good work -- I'll give it a go this weekend.

However, am I the only one who's angry that I'm effectively having to rewrite parts of the firmware to get the HD mini2 to have reasonable functionality???

Happy thoughts, smiley face,

Jon.

You should be able to effectively mount a sub folder (I think that this was the question - I did something like that).
Assuming that "Public" is a volume on the NAS.

mkdir /usr/local/etc/whatever
mount -t cifs -o nolock,proto=tcp,username=... //NAS_IP_ADDRESS/Public /usr/local/etc/whatever
if [ ! -d /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/stuff ]
then
mkdir /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/stuff
fi
mount -o bind /usr/local/etc/whatever/level1/level2/level3/video /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/stuff

Remember to make the mount point directories if they are not already there.

Hope that this helps

Moved to guide section.

it's all the afternoon I'm trying to access my Drobo connected this way:

PlayonMini2 <--- ethernet ---> Mac Mini <--- FireWire800 --> Drobo

Drobo is shared so I can access from other computers just connecting to Mini, but every time I try the mounts shown in this thread I always get an unknown error. it changes when adding user and password:


/ # mount -t cifs //192.168.0.9/Volumes/Drobo/ /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/_MOVIE -o username=guest
mount: Mounting //192.168.0.9/Volumes/Drobo/ on /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/_MOVIE failed: Unknown error 6


/ # mount -t cifs //192.168.0.9/Volumes/Drobo/ /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/_MOVIE -o username=lock,password=*****
mount: //192.168.0.9/Volumes/Drobo/ is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: Mounting //192.168.0.9/Volumes/Drobo/ on /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/_MOVIE failed: Unknown error 13


and I've no idea where's the problem. is there a list of Linux "unknown errors"? I can't solve the problem if I don't know what's the problem in first place.

thanks

Can you mount just //192.168.0.9/Volumes/ ? I think you cannot directly mount subfolders of shares, and in this case Volumes is the share. See also higher up in this thread on how to deal with this.

No, I cant. keep getting same unknown error, even changing the connection string as suggested in the post above:


/usr/local/etc/Movies # mount -t cifs -o nolock,proto=tcp,username=Lock,password=****** //192.168.0.9/Volumes /usr/local/etc/Movies
mount: //192.168.0.9/Volumes is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: Mounting //192.168.0.9/Volumes on /usr/local/etc/Movies failed: Unknown error 13
/usr/local/etc/Movies #


my problem is I don't know Linux at all, I've no idea if I'm trying the wrong connection path.
if I connect to Mini from another Mac I can see Drobo folder along with other dirs. So I've no idea... :[

update:

ok, I was able to connect to Drobo at least, changing here and there in sharing permits.

now I've this string that maps the Drobo directory to the USBkey one:

mount -t cifs //192.168.0.9/Movies /mnt/usbmounts/sda1/_MOVIE -o username=Lock,password=*****

problem is that if I type it in telnet from that moment I can see the content of Drobo inside the USB, but the same identical string doesn't work on boot. my _MOVIE folder is still empty.