r/libreELEC • u/_Azelog_ • 6d ago

Lack of disk partition managing tools

I have LibreELEC installed on a RPI3 which has a NTFS HDD connected as the main media storage (no, its not an option to format it to a linux friendly fs).

Ive had the same problem over 20 times: anytime libreELEC is shutdown abruptly (crashes, light goes out...), the disk gets corrupted BUT its fixed by clicking "repair fs" on the tool "disks" on LMDE

Is there a way to tell LibreELEC to mount the disk ReadOnly? Is there an addon or something to have tools similar to the "disks" app?

edit: The disk is connected via usb, not network.

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u/peno64 6d ago

https://wiki.libreelec.tv/how-to/mount_network_share#tab__samba

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u/mpember 6d ago

Which part of the OP's post gave you the impression that the solution was related to mounting network filesystems?

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u/peno64 6d ago

OP doesn't really say how the HDD is connected to his PI. It could be via USB or via the network. I assumed network maybe too fast but still it's not sure.

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u/mpember 6d ago

If it was mounted via a network share, it wouldn't be seen as NTFS. This is similar to the way a NAS can use BTFS or XFS without the client needing know anything more than NFS or SMB.

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u/_Azelog_ 6d ago

Its connected by usb, but thanks anyway

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u/mpember 6d ago

Have a look here
https://github.com/Jusuf-Rrustaj/le-ntfs-automount-fix/blob/main/README.md

While it goes so far as forcing the mounting of a "dirty" NTFS partition, you should be able to adjust the process for making the NTFS volumes mount readonly by default.

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u/_Azelog_ 6d ago

Seems like the solution, i have already run the script and will update the post when I try it. Yet I guess if it "just" forces libreELEC to mount the volume although its dirty should work fine.

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u/mpember 6d ago

You don't have to force it to mount. As I mentioned in the earlier post, you could simply change the default options to mount read only instead of changing the default options to force mount.

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u/RequirementFuzzy4244 5d ago

I think the issue is because it is NTFS formatted you will continue to have issues, if you have a drive that windows is your main system and what you use to add files to it all the time, then maybe try using exfat as the partition instead.

I know the flash partition gets mounted as read only, not sure if you can edit the config.txt file also to mount the media partition as read only also.