Mini Mac and Buffalo Linkstation... network drive problem

[Clowned]

Hello!

Got a litte problem. I bought a 250GB Buffalo Linkstation to store music on for my mini mac. I transferred all my music to the network drive no probs. Set iTunes music folder to the shared drive. iTunes finds it. works ok.

The Problem.
When i restart/shutdown the mac iTunes resets to its default music folder (Music:iTunes:iTunesMusic, or whatever it is). It then complains it cant find the music on the linkstation.

Im guessing this is because the network share isnt mounted.

My request.

Is there a way of mapping a shared folder to a local drive on a mac? like you can do with windows xp?


Thank you for your time peeps,

Cheers

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

hi i have my audio files on an ext hdd connected via usb.

in the same way as you it isnt always connected and yes itunes will default to the powerbook when the ext isnt present.

to make it work i do the following

connect the drive and start itunes.
tell itunes where the music folder is located.
shut itunes.

now when you start without the drive it will default to the music library on the powerbook. if you copy music that fine as all you need to do is close itunes, connect the ext then restart. that way it should detect the drive and start looking there. then you can use the 'consolidate library/music' to have the stuff on the powerbook transfered onto the ext hdd. (you will need to del the copy on the powerbook after however)

long and short is that you should make the connection to the ext hdd BEFORE you open itunes each time.

im not sure if this is the same for you as you have a network drive but it might help.

email me in trust if i can help you anymore.

 

[Clowned]

Thanks, i have it doing that ok as the network drive is always goin to be there is there of making the mac connect to the drive without me having to go through a mounting procedure? ie. map is to a local drive? or make it mount the drive everytime its available?

 

[tblocksom]

I have this done at home using a script. The script runs at startup and mounts the Linkstation using SMB.

Have bookmarked this thread so I can find it tonight and cut&paste it for you.

 

[tblocksom]

Put this in a script (Applications/AppleScript/Scripts/Automount.scpt)

mount volume "smb://YOUR-DOMAIN;your-username:your-password@your-smb-directory"

Mine looks like:

mount volume "smb://HOME;tblocksomassword@linkstation/files"

Compile the script and run it. If it has been compiled you should then be able to add it to your startup items.

HTH