Network Storage

NFS

Network File System (NFS) is natively integrated into Thingino, allowing you to mount remote network shares to your device.

Basic Mounting

To mount an NFS share, use:

mount -t nfs -o nolock <server_ip>:<remote_path> <local_mount_point>

Example:

mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.1.1:/mnt/share /mnt/nfs

Important Parameters

• -t nfs: Specifies NFS as the filesystem type
• -o nolock: Disables file locking, often necessary for embedded systems
• <server_ip>: The IP address of your NFS server
• <remote_path>: The exported directory on the NFS server
• <local_mount_point>: The directory on your Thingino device where the share will be mounted

Prerequisites

• Ensure the mount point directory exists before mounting
• The NFS server must have the share properly exported
• Network connectivity must be established between server and device

SMB (CIFS)

Thingino supports CIFS (SMB) but it is not enabled by default. To enable CIFS support, you can add the following build option to your configuration:

BR2_PACKAGE_THINGINO_KOPT_CIFS=y

This option will:

1. Enable the necessary kernel configurations for CIFS support.
2. Include CIFS utilities in your build.

For detailed instructions on modifying your build configuration, refer to the Build Configuration section of the Thingino wiki.