[SOLVED] Which file system for usb drive?

[TheOldPresbyope]

@jmgtierrez

Hmm.

So here are some typical checks you can do from the command line (either via the built-in SSH Web Terminal or via ssh from another computer)

The following examples are for a 1Tb Western Digital "My Passport" USB drive attached to an RPi3B+ running moOde r5.2.

1. does the drive show up in the output of lsusb? In my case

Code:

pi@moodeT52:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1058:25e1 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.  <-- my USB drive
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:7800 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

2. did the drive get mounted in /media? In my case

Code:

pi@moodeT52:~ $ mount
...
/dev/sda1 on /media/My Passport type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks)
...

and also

pi@moodeT52:~ $ ls /media
My Passport  <-- my USB drive

3. did MPD report any errors in updating the database? In my case (just the tail of the log)

Code:

pi@moodeT52:~ $ tail /var/log/mpd/log
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/05 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - El Carnaval.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/06 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - Fragmentos De Un Sueno.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/07 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - La Ciudad.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/08 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - El Mercado Testaccio.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/09 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - La Calahorra.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/10 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - En Libertad (Sevillanas).flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña/Fragments Of A Dream/11 Inti-Illimani - John Williams - Paco Peña - Danza.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Ravi Shankar/In London/01 Ravi Shankar - Raga Hamsadhwani.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Ravi Shankar/In London/02 Ravi Shankar - Dhun Kafi.flac
May 28 12:30 : update: added USB/My Passport/Music/World/Ravi Shankar/In London/03 Ravi Shankar - Raga Ramkali.flac

What output do you see?

Regards,
Kent