[mythtv-users] Problem with storage directory on 2nd HDD

[Joseph Fry]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Jonno <jonnojohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Never mind. I just changed the mount point to /var/lib/mythtv/recordings
> and it's working ok. Curious what the problem was though.
>

You really should change the mount point to /var/lib/mythtv  and once
mounted, create a /recordings directory on the drive.

This way, if the drive goes offline, there is no /var/lib/mythtv/recordings
directory for mythtv to write to, causing mythtv to use a different drive,
or fail recordings altogether... which is a good thing.

If you leave it as you have it configured, and the drive goes offline or
fails to mount, your recordings will go to the wrong drive, potentially
filling the drive and causing all kinds of nasty system issues.
 Additionally, recordings that occur while the drive is offline, will not
be accessible when it is mounted again.

Put another way, the recommendation is NOT to write to the mount point, but
to a directory on the drive mounted there.
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