xboxboy Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Not sure if this is in the right forum...Please move if not. I have a raid array separate from my linux install. When I go to save documents and the like I have to click up through the file system, back to /mnt then my raid array and then to the directory i want. Is it possible to put a link in my /home directory that I can click that will take me straight to my raid array? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakoe Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Just make a symlink to it (you cannot hard link across file systems). Assuming the raid array is (auto-) mounted at /mnt/raid issue following command in a terminal (whilst being inyour own home directory): ln -s /mnt/raid This will create the symlink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xboxboy Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 This created a file...that when clicked on didn't work..Is this how a folder link is created? or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakoe Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hmmmm. Can you from console issue following comments (being in the directory wherever you created the link): ls -logt raid mount This should show something like: lrwxrwxrwx 1 11 2007-05-07 22:31 raid -> /mnt/raid/ .. And a list of eveything what has been mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xboxboy Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Oh dear. Sorry pindakoe. I have had another go at the first command you suggested and it worked flawlessly. I made a typo in my first attempt! So, yes now in my home folder I have a "folder" that when clicked goes straight to my array. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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