Saturday, 6th of Dec, 2025 - 1726
I think that maybe… all the data is sorted.
This is the most confident I've been that I have a definitive collection of directories containing all the data I've ever accumulated. 2 terabytes of stuff. Yikes.
Anyway, back to smashing my head against a wall, also known as configuring the Linux-by-another-name that is OpenMediaVault.
…but, to be fair, it hasn't been horrendous yet.
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Just in case it disappears, because the internet is fickle:
https://archive.ph/ev7l1
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…when I say “all the data is sorted”, obviously not all the data is sorted; there's still the messes that are Music and Comics, and the folder containing all my old work, pictures, etc. is a bit (lot) of a mess, but I'm fairly certain it's all there. I’ve got to the level of confidence that I'm being a bit gung ho with the data now, almost to the point that if it hasn't been swept up in my (not-very-fine-meshed) net whilst combing the piles of data, it wasn't meant to be.
I’d backed up a lot of stuff to a stack of loose 3.5” drives and had planned to copy the newly-sorted data over that old stuff, but I think I might keep it as-is, just in case things were lost, and, crucially, I ever actually noticed that something is missing.
Changing the subject back to OMV, here's a treat:
This is my version of those linked-to instructions for setting up shared directories. Again, I am struck by how very long-winded the process is. I do hope this system proves more reliable than the disappearing shared folders under Windows, i.e. I hope it's worth it. To lose the astonishing ease with which it was possible to share directories AND have it be unreliable would be most irritating.
But the general consensus online is that OMV is a fine option.
