Local Music Library Or USB Hard Drive – Linux Audio Foundation

# using a local music library is very easy, simply add all your music inside /mnt/media, this folder is shared on the local network and is also available from host \\MUSICLOUNGE\music (read the SAMBA configuration for more info)

# using an external USB hard drive for your music library is also easy but the disk must be powered (even an SSD) with an external adapter.

# so make sure the usb hard drive is powered with an external adapter and plug the usb cable on the server board (rPI 4 or C4 or Pc),

Install exFAT File System

# exFAT file system is not installed by default on all distributions and you may need it
# to install exFAT do the following:

```
$ sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse
```
```
$ sudo apt-get install exfat-utils
```
```
$ sudo reboot
```

Configuration

# start to list disks attached to find where is located

```
$ sudo fdisk -l
```

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 63 1953520064 1953520002 931.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

# /dev/sda1 is our usb hard drive location

# now get its UUID and file system

```
$ sudo blkid
```

/dev/sda1: LABEL="SAMSGBKUP" UUID="9A2B-8FC2" TYPE="exfat" PARTUUID="5b0a6a10-01"

# here we have 9A2B-8FC2 as UUID and exfat file system

Auto-Mounting Drive

# normally if the MusicLounge audiophile server is correctly installed the /mnt/media directory is already there, check this:

```
$ ls /mnt/media
```

# creates the directory if needed:

```
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/media
```

# edit fstab to mount the disk at startup

```
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab
```

# add this line WITH YOUR UUID and correct file system

# comment with # prefix any other line with /mnt/media)

UUID=9A2B-8FC2 /mnt/media exfat defaults,auto,umask=000,users,rw 0 0

# CTRL + X and Y to save

# before rebooting it’s important to test your fstab configuration

```
$ sudo mount -a
```

# edit and check fstab configuration again if the command return an error

# reboot

```
$ sudo reboot
```

# check your music library

```
$ ls /mnt/media
```

Update MPD Database

# to update database use your favorite MPD client (MALP or DroidMyMPD or myMPD on your web browser) or open SSH session and type:

```
$ mpc update
```

# that’s it!
# your music library is now on local disk

Tips

# to mount an exFat hard dive manually

$ sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/media

# to unmount

```
$ sudo umount -f /mnt/media
```